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May 11, 2023

Old Tea Roses Worthy of Consideration for Florida Panhandle Landscapes

Due to several unique challenges home gardeners and nursery owners are often baffled when trying to incorporate roses into landscapes. Consequently, they ignore roses altogether or limit themselves to cultivars in the knockout or drift series. While knockout roses and drift roses are commonly planted throughout the lower south, and deservedly so, many other roses…

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May 11, 2023

New Invasive Reptile Coloring Books from the UF Croc Docs

About these resources This UF/IFAS Blog presents the new invasive reptile coloring books from the UF Croc Docs. It contains information about Burmese pythons, Argentinian black and white tegu, and other nonnative reptiles now found in Florida. The coloring books and pages along with the activities were developed by the UF Croc Docs.  Permission was…

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May 10, 2023

Lawn, Landscape Help Available at Plant Clinic

 An upcoming plant clinic in Fort Walton Beach is designed to provide answers to lawn, landscape and/or garden problems. The plant clinic will be held Friday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the temporary UF/IFAS Extension Annex located at the Okaloosa Technical College (OTC) in Fort Walton Beach. The plant clinic is not a seminar or lecture…

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May 9, 2023

Video: Citrus Recovery and Pruning

Some citrus is recovering from our December 2022 hard freeze and pruning will be needed. Learn to identify your tree’s graft and prune away any rootstock material with UF IFAS Extension Escambia County. by Beth BollesSource: UF/IFAS Pest Alert Note: All images and contents are the property of UF/IFAS.      

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May 9, 2023

Keeping it Safe with Food Allergies

Food allergies affect 32 million Americans, of which 26 million are adults.  The reaction can be life-threatening with 200,000 requiring emergency medical care yearly related to reactions from food.  In children there has been a 50% increase between 1997 and 2011 in the occurrence, currently, 1 in 13 children have a food allergy. Many times,…

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May 5, 2023

Florida Farm Pests: Sothern Chinch Bugs

If you have a sod farm in Florida or work in the landscape business, Chinch Bugs could become a major economic problem when not taking proper control.   What are Southern Chinch Bugs and how I can identify them?     Southern Chinch Bugs (Blissus insularis) Nymphs (Left) and Adults (Right) (Short wing and long wing). Photo Credit: UF/IFAS Southern…

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May 5, 2023

Shark Bits: Do sharks sleep?

As part of my Florida Sea Grant Extension work, I teach and present about elasmobranchs (which includes sharks, rays, and skates) to diverse groups of people. Topics vary, from basic biology to shark fishing regulations, conservation status, and more. I enjoy teaching about sharks and rays, since they are fascinating creatures and ecologically important. My…

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May 4, 2023

May First Friday with Florida First Detector

Recap of May First Friday with Florida First Detector In May, we picked up again with our discussion of wood boring insects. This time, we focused more on the bark beetles (Family:  Curculionidae). Many bark beetles help break down dead or dying trees in the environment. However, a few species will attack otherwise healthy trees.…

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May 3, 2023

Neglected Tropical Diseases?

Picture this, you were finally able to save up for that amazing trip to the Caribbean and you’re there. Sipping on a pina colada, laying on a hammock on your last day, and of course, scratching the bites of those pesky mosquitoes that seem to be everywhere. You had an amazing time, and you are…

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