What Eats Onion in Florida, and When
Eleven species show up often enough in Florida vegetable gardens that UF/IFAS Extension keeps records on them, and six of those regularly feed on onion.
What Eats Corn in Florida, and When
Florida gardeners lose sweet corn mostly to fall armyworm, aphids, eastern lubber grasshoppers, fire ants and root-knot nematodes, the species UF/IFAS…
What Eats Pumpkin in Florida, and When
UF/IFAS Extension documents ten pests that turn up on pumpkin vines in Florida gardens: aphids, whiteflies, chilli thrips, fall armyworm, melonworm…
What Eats Potato in Florida, and When
Florida’s potato patch faces a short list of documented feeders, and the pest that shows up first depends on which side of the frost line you’re standing…
What Eats Parsnip in Florida, and When
UF/IFAS Extension documents eleven pests capable of feeding on Florida vegetable crops, but only six of them have any business on a parsnip: aphids…
A Hydrangea That Will Not Bloom
A hydrangea with plenty of green leaves but no flowers is not dying. It usually means the flower buds were removed, frozen, or never had enough light to…
Leggy Roses: All Height, Bare at the Base
A leggy rose has thick, bare canes at the bottom and all its leaves and flowers crowded near the top, like a shrub standing on stilts.
What Eats Carrot in Florida, and When
UF/IFAS Extension documents eleven garden pests for this territory, but only five of them ever put a mark on a carrot: aphids, eastern lubber…
Deadheading Hydrangeas: Where to Cut Without Losing Next Year
Deadheading means cutting the spent flower head, not the whole stem — snip just above the first full pair of healthy leaves below the faded bloom.
What Eats Beet in Florida, and When
UF/IFAS Extension documents five organisms feeding on beet in Florida gardens: aphids, whiteflies, fall armyworm, the eastern lubber grasshopper, and…