Tag: Pgm_HortComm

Commercial Horticulture

Hey, ho, io!

by Marguerite Beckford
October 8, 2018

They can be fairly hard to spot if you’re zipping through the landscape at 8 mph on a golf cart, but it is also hard to ignore 50 feet of a defoliating hibiscus hedge as a result of the collective appetite of an io caterpillar infestation. A ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beneficial Insects, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Horticulture, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape Pests, Moths, Parasitic Wasps, Pesticides, Pgm_HortComm, Stinging Caterpillars, Venomous Caterpillars

All-natural preservative; no refrigeration required.

by Marguerite Beckford
July 31, 2018

What does the phrase ‘all-natural preservative’ conjure up? Salt perhaps, or maybe vinegar? To some, the phrase might even sound oxymoronic. But, it's, well, a natural in the insect world, especially when it comes to wasps. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Beneficial, Caterpillar, Landscaping, Lawn, Nature, Pgm_HortComm, Wasp

EVENT: Limited commercial landscape maintenance seminar and exam

by Kevin O'Horan
May 11, 2018

All commercial landscape professionals who apply pesticides (including Roundup), are required to take a six-hour training class to obtain a Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM) license. This certification allows you to apply 'Caution'-labeled ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Horticulture
Tags: CEU, Continuing Education Unit, Event, Landscape, Pesticide, Pgm_HortComm, Training

Get a free longleaf pine on Arbor Day

by Kevin O'Horan
April 19, 2018

SARASOTA COUNTY — Sarasota County will celebrate National Arbor Day with a tree giveaway April 27 and 28, part of a local “Treejuvenation” program. Individuals can visit any of five locations across the county on those dates to adopt ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Horticulture
Tags: Arbor, Arbor Day, Longleaf, Pgm_HortComm, Pine, Sapling, Tree, Treejuvenation

CLASS: Limited commercial “Roundup” license seminar and exam

by Kevin O'Horan
March 29, 2018

If you do landscape maintenance for hire, on private or commercial properties, and wish to apply pesticides (including Roundup), this six-hour training class is required to obtain the Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM) license (commonly ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Event, Exam, License, Pesticide, Pgm_HortComm, Training

CLASS: Green industries best management practices (BMPs)

by Kevin O'Horan
March 7, 2018

This class is designed to provide training in Green Industry Best Management Practices (GI-BMPs) for anyone working in the lawn, landscape, pest control, or municipal grounds areas. Best Management Practices are focused on reducing non-point ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Professional Development
Tags: Best Management Practices, BMP, Continuing Education, Event, Horticulture, Lawn, Pesticide, Pgm_HortComm

Help your plants survive (or recover from) a cold blast

by Kevin O'Horan
January 5, 2018

It's not exactly the icy wonderland shown in the image with this post, but we're experiencing some seriously cold weather for Florida. For homeowners (or renters), the cold blast can wreak havoc on landscapes and gardens. Let us, with the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn
Tags: Cold, Freeze, Garden, Landscape, Lawn, Pgm_HortComm, Pgm_HortRes, Plants

I spy… whitefly!

by Marguerite Beckford
December 4, 2017

When is a scale insect not a scale insect? When it's actually the juvenile stage of a whitefly. That is what some of the local landscapers found out while scouting for pests. The pupal cases of both Tetraleurodes (e.g., mulberry whitefly) ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aphids, Horticulture, Insect Pests, Landscape Pests, Magnolia, Mulberry Whitefly, Ornamental Pests, Palm Aphids, Palm Tree, Pepper Whitefly, Pgm_HortComm, Scale Insect, Tuliptree Scale, Whiteflies, Whitefly, Whitefly Pupa

Florida snow – pretty or pesky?

by Marguerite Beckford
December 4, 2017

What is that white weed-flower that blankets your lawn like snow during the cool season? That’s Florida pusley, also known as Florida snow or Mexican clover. Depending on whom you ask, it is either considered pretty, with its ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Snow, Herbicides, Horticulture, Landscape, Lawn Weeds, Mexican Clover, Pgm_HortComm, Pusley, Turf

Little beetle battles big problem

by Kevin O'Horan
October 16, 2015

Call it a beetle to battle the bulbil. The tiny air potato beetle (Lilioceris cheni) might be the key to stemming the invasion of a “noxious weed” – the air potato plant – that can overrun Florida’s natural ecosystems, and you can ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Air Potato, Beetle, Biological Control, Bulbis, Dioscorea, Exotic, Horticulture, Invasive, Leaf Beetle, Lilioceris, Pgm_HortComm, Pgm_HortRes

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