Polk Small Farms: Brown's Plant File: Landscape update; nitrate leaching; new fact sheets; mango pruning; IBD; annual report/c

Friday, June 8, 2012

Good morning All:

Our next class that include CEUs is this Friday. It is an update of problems in the landscape.

We have 2 Fertilizer BMP classes coming up in the month of June. CEUs included.

Spanish: http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/Horario_para_las_clases_de.pdf

English: http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/BMP2012Agenda.pdf

Here’s a paper on Nitrate Leaching in ‘Floratam’ and ‘Empire’ Zoysiagrass

Two new fact sheets.

Jacaranda:

Spanish Bayonet:

Next are the power points.

The first in on pruning a mature mango tree. Follow the regrowth of a tree after severe pruning.

The second is on the Effects of Cold Weather on a few ornamental flowering trees in southwest Florida.

The third is on the concept of IBD, something I thought of myself.

video clips:

Part 2 of growing pineapples.

In case you missed it, this is part 1 of growing pineapples.

Finally, our 2011-2012 Annual Report.

Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

Best Regards!

Stephen H. Brown

County Extension Director & Horticulture Program Leader

University of Florida/IFAS

3406 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33916

Lawns, Gardens, and Nurseries Solutions

Phone: (239) 533-7513 Fax: (239) 485-2305

Solutions For Your Life"

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_SFYL_Start

Polk Small Farms