Category Archives: Spider Mites

Coping With Our Summer Weather

Posted on July 3, 2015 by AskthePlantMaster

1.  Plant Watering –   If you have lived in Central Florida for several years, you probably have come to realize that our summer rainfall can be either a boom or a bust.  If you’ve been lucky enough to receive … Continue reading →

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Holiday Plants

Posted on December 9, 2014 by AskthePlantMaster

Holiday plants, which include poinsettias, Christmas Cactus, Kalanchoe, Cyclamen, and spring bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and amaryllis (which have been forced to bloom now), and others, are great to receive or give to someone. However, how many … Continue reading →

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Summer Issues – Weather and Pests

Posted on June 2, 2014 by AskthePlantMaster

Have you been fortunate enough to get some much needed rain this week? We did today, but not very much – our first rain in more than 3 weeks. Hopefully you’ve fared better than I. Prior to today’s brief shower, … Continue reading →

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Continuing Pest Problems

Posted on May 13, 2014 by AskthePlantMaster

As in my last posting, pests continue to be a problem – not just insects, but also weeds. While driving around Central Florida recently, I noticed that many homeowners had numerous broadleaf weeds either flowering or developing seed heads, not … Continue reading →

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Pest control suggestions for grasshoppers, scale, spider mites, and aphids.

Posted on May 2, 2014 by AskthePlantMaster

To begin with, I wish to apologize for the delays in posting new blogs. Since my last posting I have been extremely busy, especially with Master Gardener work, which has included bi-weekly talks at DeBary Hall, (call 386-668-3840 to learn … Continue reading →

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Spider Mites

Posted on July 3, 2012 by AskthePlantMaster

If you’ve been following my blogs, you’ve noticed that I’ve been reporting about an increase in pest problems this year due to our mild winter.  Because of current hot, dry weather, spider mites are showing up practically everywhere.  They attack … Continue reading →

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Pests

Posted on June 20, 2012 by AskthePlantMaster

Central Florida continues to be plagued by pests.  I’m still getting lots of calls on scale insects, white fly, spider mites, aphids, and lawn insects.  Where I live, I’ve had to deal with rodents in our bean patch, deer eating … Continue reading →

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Pest Control

Posted on May 1, 2012 by AskthePlantMaster

I guess you heard or read in the paper that because of our mild winter weather, we can expect lots of pests this year.  So far, I’ve observed grasshoppers, tent caterpillars, leaf miners, spider mites, slugs, white fly, scale insects, … Continue reading →

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Growing Tomatoes in Florida

Posted on April 27, 2012 by AskthePlantMaster

Tomatoes are a very important commercial crop in Florida, and a popular crop in our gardens.  They’re easy to grow, but it’s important that you get the correct varieties for our area.  Many that you find in local box stores … Continue reading →

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Troubles with Plant Pests – Part Two

Posted on August 19, 2011 by AskthePlantMaster

This is a continuation of my first post about plant pests. Introduction – Did you know that there are over 1,000,00 insect species, 250,000 weeds, and 10,000 different plant diseases in the world, and because of Florida’s geographic location and … Continue reading →

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