Tag: Edible Landscape

Blackberries for your Edible Landscape

by joshuacriss
April 21, 2023

Blackberries (Rubus spp.) will not quickly jump into your mind when you think of fruit production in Florida. In fact, when you do think of blackberries, you will most likely envision viny plants infiltrating your gardens and attacking you with ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Edible Landscape, Fruit Trees, General Gardening, Horticulture, Perennials, Professional Horticulture, Vegetable Gardening

Cilantro – Great for Cool Season Gardening

by Mary Salinas
November 13, 2017

Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is a short-lived annual herb with bright green, feathery, flat leaves that look very similar to flat-leaved parsley. Leaves can be harvested at will after they grow to a mature size and then continuously as ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Cilantro, Cool Season Gardening, Coriander, Edible Landscape, Fall Gardening, Herbs, Panhandle Gardening, Winter Gardening

Peppers Get Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Too!

by Mary Salinas
July 7, 2016

Peppers and tomatoes are in the same plant family – solanaceae or more commonly known as the nightshade family – and can be susceptible to some of the same diseases. This is true of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV). The solanaceae family ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Disease, Edible Landscape, General Gardening, Insects, Integrated Pest Management, Panhandle Gardening, Pepper Disease, Peppers, Pests, Ring Spot On Pepper, Thrips, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, TSWV, Vegetable Gardening

Caterpillars in the Vegetable Garden

by Blake Thaxton
May 17, 2016

In the last few weeks, more garden pests have arrived! It is a fact of life in northwest Florida that we will have a few things in our garden including heat, moisture (humidity and rainfall), and BUGS! With a cooler spring the arrival of some ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Caterpillars, Edible Landscape, General Gardening, Insects, Integrated Pest Management, Panhandle Gardening, Pests, Vegetable Gardening

Citrus Choices for the Panhandle

by Mary Salinas
May 5, 2016

The panhandle of Florida is a great place to grow citrus with our plentiful sunshine and sandy soil. But some varieties do better than others. Here are some that thrive in the more northerly climes of Florida: Satsuma mandarin is cold hardy ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Calamondin, Citrus, Citrus Canker, Citrus Culture, Disease, Edible Landscape, Fruit Trees, General Gardening, Grapefruit, Hamlin, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime, Meyer Lemon, Minneola, Navel, Panhandle Gardening, Parson Brown, Satsuma, Tangelo

Start Fertilizing Citrus in February

by Mary Salinas
February 16, 2016

As you have read in other articles in this blog, it is too early to fertilize your lawn; however, this is a good time to start fertilizing your citrus to ensure a healthy fruit crop later in the year. Citrus benefits from regular fertilization ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Fertilizer, Citrus Trees, Edible Landscape, Fertilizer, Fruit Trees, General Gardening, Miconutrients, Panhandle Gardening, Satsuma, Winter 2016

Time to Plant Strawberries

by Blake Thaxton
October 14, 2015

It's time to bed up some earth and plant strawberries! That right! Fall is the proper time to set out strawberry plants for a spring harvest. It is a common misconception that strawberries should be planted in the spring in the home garden. ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Edible Landscape, Fall Plantings, General Gardening, Panhandle Gardening, Strawberries, Vegetable Gardening

Figs in the Summertime!

by Mary Salinas
July 20, 2015

July always brings the blessing of abundant figs on my trees. A new crop waits to be picked and enjoyed every day for nearly a month. The tender sweet fruit can be enjoyed fresh, prepared into jams or used in a myriad of recipes. The fig ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Edible Landscape, Fig, Figs, Fruit Tree, Fruit Trees, General Gardening, Panhandle Gardening, Summer 2015, Trees

Tomato Foliar Diseases

by Blake Thaxton
April 21, 2015

With the over abundance of rainfall the western panhandle has seen in recent weeks, tomato gardeners need to be aware of foliar diseases that could appear. Tomato leaves are an ideal host when moisture is present on the leaf surface. There ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Bacterial Leaf Spot, Disease, Early Blight, Edible Landscape, Fungal Leaf Spot, General Gardening, Irrigation, Leaf Spot, Panhandle Gardening, Tomato, Tomato Disease, Vegetable Gardening

Fall into Vegetable Gardening Series

by Mary Salinas
September 2, 2014

Need some advice to get started with a fall garden? The horticulture agents of the Northwest Extension District are pleased to present an interactive video series for the beginning gardener. The schedule is as follows: September 9th - Starting ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Edible Landscape, Educational Workshop, Panhandle Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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