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UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Commercial Horticulture Classes–2025

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
January 20, 2025

Good things are growing in Orange County, Florida! Let's keep our minds as sharp as our tools and learn together in 2025. The exciting line-up of classes is designed to build upon topics from the basics to specifics of commercial horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf
Tags: Basics Of Landscaping, Best Management Practices, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture, Commercial Landscaping, Commercial Lawn And Ornamental, Commercial Pesticide, GI-BMP, Growers, Home Hydroponics, Hydroponics, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn And Ornamental, Lawn And Ornamentals, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Limited Urban Fertilizer Applicator License, Palms, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Control Operator, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator License, Pesticide Ceus, Producers, Pruning Palms, Set It And Forget It
Elevated tractor applying fertilizer to a corn field.

Virtual Limited Pesticide Applicator’s License Review and CEUs–7/31/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 10, 2024

The limited pesticide applicator licenses allow the licensed applicator to apply pesticides to landscapes around buildings. There are 2 primary limited pesticide applicator licenses: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM) for individuals ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Class, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Units, Fdacs, Hwooten, Insect, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Land, Landscape, Lawn, Lclm, Limited, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Llo, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Management, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator

Education and Industry–FNGLA Action Chapter 2/8/22 Event on Alternatives to Glyphosate

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
January 27, 2022

Horticulture is HUGE in Florida, and FNGLA is the oldest and largest association targeting the needs of the environmental horticulture industry in Florida. FNGLA stands for the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association. With a whopping ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: CEU, Chemical, Education, Fngla, Glyphosate, Grass, Growers, Herbicide, Horticulture, Hwooten, Industry, Industry Update, Landscape, Landscape Professional, Lawn, Ornamental, Pest Control, Pesticide, Pesticides, Turf
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

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
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

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
Garden Basket

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Pesticides

by Ed Thralls
July 1, 2019

In a previous blog post, we discussed how to know when you have a pest problem, and how to choose the least harmful method of dealing with it. But what about before you have a problem? Is there a way to keep the pests out, or to stop them ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Orange County, Pest Control, Pest Management, Vegetable Gardening, Volunteers