tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80729086395710785572011-07-08T13:02:59.929-04:00Current information on professional landscape horticulture (pruning, pest management, fertilizing, etc.) in SW Florida.Doug Caldwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256404069776311374noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072908639571078557.post-12160696003241462692010-10-07T05:18:00.008-04:002010-10-07T17:47:29.163-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09OCrE4yt_o To really enjoy the show make sure you watch it in the highest definition!Under the picture is a little arrow. Click on this and choose 720p from the list. The video will play in crystal clear detail.

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Is anyone treating this "ailment" on Mexican petunia (Ruellia spp.)?OR is it a NBD--no big deal?? Searching for feedback. Answer may be revealed in a few days in an effort to get more input into this BLOG...........OK, This is NOT a disease! Another landscape phenomenon has created a little controversy as it occurs on Mexican petunia (Ruellia species). Plants are developing white woolly patches

Doug Caldwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256404069776311374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072908639571078557.post-34230257204982291082009-10-06T13:26:00.009-04:002009-10-06T13:50:46.800-04:00

Any ideas what caused five Viburnum suspensum to die?Here's the symptoms close-up and from a distance. Plants are in hedge with just one affected area, other plants are fine.Monocots (cabbage palm seedlings and grasses) were not affected. Brazilian pepper seedlings were fried also.The cambium is dead on these 5 plants, so they aren't going to come back easily.These are on a slope & mulch is less

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Mid-Sept. 2009: Ficus leaves are dropping in many communities. Confirmed ficus whitefly locations include: Sandpiper and Osprey; Tin City; Market & Commercial Blvd.; Mooring Line and 41 area; Sorrenta Villa (at Goodlette-Frank Road and Pompei Lane); Vanderbilt Beach Rd & I-75; 3rd Ave. NW; Whippoorwill Ln.; Whitaker –off County Barn Rd; 5000 block of Logan Blvd.; Yarberry Lane; and the north

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Ficus whitefly (Singhiella simplex) ID Naples, Florida: I have had several people drive all the way out to our Extension office with an insect they thought was the ficus whitefly. It has turned out to be a planthopper. There are several planthoppers you may find on ficus. They cause little damage, a NBD, no big deal bug. They can easily be separated (now that you can see them side by side) by

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I have a call from a consultant dealing with a man who owns an island in the Lesser Antilles. Due to a whitefly or/and aphid pests (pests are being dealt with) his coconut palms have sooty mold. This is unacceptable and they have tried to power-wash it off with "soap"- brand? to no avail. So they've started sanding the sooty mold off in the meanwhile!I suggested a weak chlorine solution (10%

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