Commercial Crop Production

This page shares information about growing edible crops like fruits and vegetables in Lake and Orange Counties. If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can contact Matthew “Matt” Smith at smith197@ufl.edu for more details.

• Blackberry

  Southeast Regional Caneberry Spray Guide

  Blackberry Pest Management

  Blackberry Diagnostic Tool

  Cane Blight of Blackberry

  Orange Felt or Orange Cane Blotch of Blackberry

  Virtual Field Day (Arkansas, primocane fruiting, kaolin to cool)

  Choosing the Right Blackberry Cultivar in Subtropical Florida

• Blueberry

  Calendar for Southern Highbush Blueberry Management in Florida (pdf)

  2019 UF/IFAS Blueberry IPM Guide

  Southeast Regional Blueberry Integrated Management Guide

  Organic Blueberry Production in Florida

  Blueberry Extension Blog (UF/IFAS resources and topics of interest)

  Blueberry Pests

  Root Weevil Identification and Control in Southern Highbush Blueberry

  2016 - Establishment and Production Costs for Southern Highbush Blueberry Orchards in Florida: Enterprise Budget and Profitability Analysis

  Commercial Industry in Florida

  Reproductive Growth and Development

  Weed Management

  Protecting from Freezes

  Bacterial Wilt

  Botrytis Blossom Blight

  Nutrition and Fertilization Practices for Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida

  Pollination Best Practices in Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida

  Mite Pests of Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida

  Chilli Thrips on Blueberries in Florida

• Citrus

  2020 Florida Citrus Expo presentations

  UF/IFAS extension information on citrus

  UF/IFAS Citrus Research

  Citrus BMP Guide

  2020-21 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide

  Postbloom Fruit Drop Management

  Citrus Canker website

  Guidance for HLB Greening Management

  Greening Resources

  Abandoned Grove Abatement Initiative

  Abandoned Grove FAQs

  The Economics of Planting New Citrus Groves in Florida in the Era of HLB

  Citrus Leaf Sampling Procedure for Nutrient Analysis

  Brown Soft Scale

  Diaprepes Root Weevil

  Soil Sampling Procedures

  Citrus Leprosis

  Smartphone App for Expert Diagnosis of Citrus Leaf Symptoms

   

• Elderberry

  Elderberry and Elderflower (Sambucus spp.): A Cultivation Guide for Florida

  Growing and Marketing Elderberries in Missouri

• Grapes

  The Muscadine Grape

  Grape Cultivars

  Southeast Regional Muscadine IPM Guide

  UF/IFAS Grape Extension Website (comprehensive database)

• Olive

  Olives for your Florida Landscape

  Presentations at olive symposium 2012

• Peach

  Official UF/IFAS Stone Fruit Website

  Peach Blog

  2021 Peach, Nectarine and Plum Spray Guide for the Southeastern U.S.

  Fungal Gummosis in Peach

  Peach Production Presentation Dr. Vashisth

  Training and Pruning

  Summer Pruning Peaches

  Peach and Nectarine Varieties for Florida

  Peach Tree Short life Brannen

  Peach Disease Identification

  Thinning Florida Peaches for Larger Fruit

  Alternative Opportunities for Small Farms: Peach and Nectarine Production Review

  Peach Brown Rot

  Video on pruning young peach trees

  Video on summer pruning peaches

• Persimmon

  Japanese Persimmon Cultural Practices in Florida

  Japanese Persimmon Varieties in Florida

  Diospyros virginiana: Common Persimmon 

   

• Pomegranate

  The Pomegranate factsheet

• Strawberry

  Strawberry topics from cultural practices to diseases and irrigation are available at UF/IFAS Strawberry Resources

  Video on growing strawberries for homeowners

  Leaf Spot Diseases of Strawberry

  Methods for Strawberry Transplant Establishment in Florida

• Tea

  There is a research program on tea, Camellia sinensis, production in Florida.

  Florida Tea Website

  Florida Tea Facebook