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UF/IFAS Extension Orange County “Safely Resuming Operations”

by Ed Thralls
May 21, 2020

Beginning on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Orange County Extension Education Center, 6021 S. Conway Road will SAFELY resume operations on a limited basis from 8:00am – Noon, Monday - Friday. You must have an appointment. Please call (407) 254-9200. ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Events, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: COVID-19, Exploration Gardens, Extension Demonstration Gardens, Healthy Living, Horticulture, Life Skills, Orange County, Volunteers

New Vegetable Gardener — Organic Practices in the Backyard Vegetable Garden

by Ed Thralls
April 25, 2020

When a group of backyard gardeners get together and talk about the organic practices they use in the vegetable gardens, you will often hear information that is confusing, such as I don’t use chemicals in my garden, I use only natural products ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fertilizer, Food, Fruits And Vegetables, Garden, Gardening, Healthy Living, Horticulture, New Vegetable Gardener, Orange County, Pest Control, Pest Management, Pests, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables

New Vegetable Gardener — Gardening with Fewer Pesticides – Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

by Ed Thralls
April 23, 2020

Pesticides are greatly misunderstood by many and incorrectly used by some. Do we need to use pesticides at all in the vegetable garden? I know many of you just jumped on this question with a resounding “NO!” You could be wrong, but chemical ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, , Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, Gardening, Healthy Living, Horticulture, Life Skills, New Vegetable Gardener, Orange County, Pest Control, Pest Management, Pests, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables

Artificial Lighting for Growing Vegetables at Home

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
April 9, 2020

The sun is an excellent form of light and is very affordable, but it may not always be available. Growing vegetables with artificial lights provides growers with an opportunity to defeat the seasons and to grow food in a variety of locations. ... READ MORE

Category: , HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Alternative Ag, Artificial Lights, Cflandscapes, Grow Lights, Home Grow, Horticulture, Hwooten, LED, Urban Ag, Vegetable Gardening

How to Take a Good Plant Sample

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
March 31, 2020

One of the great benefits of working with UF/IFAS Extension is that local experts are working in every county in Florida using science to solve problems, especially those related to lawns and landscapes! These experts are known as “Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cflandscapes, Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Disease, Horticulture, Landscape, Plant Clinic, Sample, Samples, Taking Samples, What Is Wrong With Plant

Weed Wars

by Ed Thralls
April 19, 2019

As our brief cool spells end and seeds start sprouting, now is the best time to get ahead of weeds. When the warm weather weeds are small, they can often be successfully controlled with herbicides. Ignoring them now results in difficult-to-eradicate ... READ MORE

Category: , HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Horticulture, Landscape Management, Ocextension, Ornamental And Turf, Pest Control, Pest Management

Cool Caladiums

by Amy Vu
January 3, 2019

Many of my friends are crazy about caladiums. I’m not much for foliage plants; if it doesn’t flower or fruit, why bother? But after seeing the range of sizes and colors that can sizzle in a shady corner, I’m convinced. I’ll be planting ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Exploration Gardens, Extension Demonstration Gardens, Gardening, Horticulture, Landscape Management, Orange County, Plant

Happy, Healthy Palms

by Amy Vu
September 27, 2018

Nothing says Florida like a palm tree, and they are usually low-maintenance landscape plants. In the rare case that a palm does get a disease, say a fond farewell, as little can be done to save it. However, nutrient deficiencies can often mimic ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Horticulture, Nutrients, Palm Problems, Palm Tree, Palms

When Good Worms go Bad – New Guinea Flatworm

by Amy Vu
August 14, 2018

There’s a worm in town, but it’s not that fat, happy earthworm that we like to find tilling our gardens. Instead, it’s a flatworm, which kind of looks like a cross between a slug and an small earthworm. It can be identified by its pointy ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida, Horticulture, Landscape, Newguineaflatworm, Worm

Old Garden Roses for Central Florida

by Amy Vu
February 2, 2018

Did you know the very first roses grew as wild plants? Called “species roses”, they had simple flowers with four to eight petals and lots of thorns. They were very vigorous and disease resistant, but unlike the roses we usually see in Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beauty, Horticulture, Ornamental, Rose, Roses

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