Posts from Agent's Update--Online Magazine for 05/28/2012

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   New Publication for Nurseries May 25, 2012 03:54 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ornamental Hort. Agent) When I am out and about visiting nurseries, I can usually find someone spraying glyphosate around the edges keeping the place clean.  About 9 out of 10 times the applicator is applying the herbicide incorrectly.  Usually the person applying the spray is standing over the weeds drowning them in herbicide wasting time and money in labor and product.  That prompted me to publish "Proper Use and read more        FNGLA Lake Region Meeting May 25, 2012 03:09 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ornamental Hort. Agent) The Lakes Region Meeting will be having the first meeting of the 2012-13 year.  The meeting will be at Mid-Florida Nursery (2324 County Line Road, Plant City, FL) on June 5, 2012 starting at 5:00 with dinner at 6:30 pm.  At this meeting we will be swearing in officers and Board of Directors.  We will also be having  the famous "Rumph Roasted" Boston butt for dinner, specially prepared by Bruce read more      Plant Disease Control Workshop Pesticide Applicator Classes Preemergent Herbicide Publication Shaken Not Stirred Mid Florida Research and Education Center Field Day Our mailing address is: Hillsborough Extension Office 5339 County Rd 579 Seffner, Florida 33584-3334 Copyright (C) 2012 Hillsborough Extension Office All rights reserved. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status as protected under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A&M University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating.