Friday, January 10, 2014

Brown's Plant File: Classes, Firebush, Yellow Elder, Sooty Mold on Royals, Do Plants Need Fertilizers?/cc

Good morning All:

 

Here is information on our next few classes:

Today, Thursday, is our next Limited Commercial Landscape Maint. Class for certification and CEUs.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/Limited_Comm_111513_010914.pdf

 

January 23 is the next GI-BMP Class.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/GI-BMP_2014.pdf

 

Click on the link below for more GI-BMP classes listed statewide.

https://gibmp.ifas.ufl.edu/workshop/register/listGIBMPWorkshops.faces

 

Our Homeowner Garden Series starts Wednesday, January 15. No CEUs.

Sign up now online for all 11 classes. Scroll to the bottom of the flyer for registration.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/HortClasses/Garden_Series_2014.pdf

 

 

Here is a new Power Point on a cause of sooty mold on royal palms.

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

 

And another one on How Neonicotinoid Insecticides work.

http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/Videos_and_Powerpoints/Insecticides_and_Pest_Update_%28Lee_Co_112213%29.pdf

 

A new YouTube with the question, “Do Plants Need Fertilizers?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qQu5B22xA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNNFb5DM-ZDuCXS8avgpsIw

 

I have two new fact sheets.

This one on the native Firebush:

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

 

This one is on Yellow Elder.

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

 

Hope to hear from you soon.

 

 

Stephen H. Brown

Horticulture Program Leader & Master Gardener Coordinator

UF/IFAS Lee County Extension

Parks and Recreation Division

3410 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33916

Office: (239) 533-7513   Cell: (239) 850-4184

 

Email: brownsh@leegov.com

Brown's web page:  http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu//hort/GardenHome.shtml

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