Brown's Plant File: Classes; Spiraling whitefly; "Florida Snow" and more/c

Our next Fertilizer GI-BMP class is in Spanish and it’s on December 14^th.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/BMP-2011SpanishAgenda.pdf

Here are some dates to put on your agenda.

1/13: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Exam Prep class (Erroneously called the Roundup class)

1/24: a.m. Core Exam Prep.     p.m. O & T Exam prep.

 

 

The Spiraling whitefly is already in Lee and may become your problem. See this power point.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/Videos_and_Powerpoints/Spiraling_Whiteflies.pdf

 

 

That “Florida Snow” on lawns, I’ve updated my power point on it.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/Videos_and_Powerpoints/Richardia_grandiflora.pdf

And here’s a news reel on the same.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16118572/2011/11/24/white-flowers-invading-lawns-across-swfl

 

 

If you have, or have not, worked with wild coffee, here’s what you need to know about it. A new fact sheet.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/Wild_Coffee_fact_sheet.pdf

 

 

This new YouTube is on Flat-topped Goldenrod.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FloridaLandscape#p/u

 

 

Finally, here’s a News-Press Q&A on limb failure of mahogany trees. Have you seen this phenomenon?

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/Garden_Q&A_Topics/Unexplained_limb_breakages_of_Mahogany_Tree.pdf

 

 

Your general comments and specific suggestions for new classes are Welcomed.

 

Enjoy the weather.

 

Best Regards!

 

 

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