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…
What Eats Asparagus in Florida, and When
UF/IFAS Extension documents eleven landscape and garden pests statewide, but only a handful of them have any real business on an asparagus bed: aphids…