Commercial Urban Horticulture

The Commercial Urban Horticulture Program provides educational services that support certification and licensor programs for various commercial clientele. Clientele groups include commercial landscape and interiorscape personnel, landscape architects & designers, arborists, turfgrass managers and public agencies. Some of the various workshops and seminars offered deal with I.P.M. for landscape and nursery personnel, landscape preparation & maintenance, proper tree pruning, ISA arborist certification, pesticide application and safety and sports turf managers.

Commercial Urban Horticulture Updates/News

Information for Clientele

• New Pest Warnings for South Florida

• • Giant African Snail Management
  • Giant African Snail Current Information
  • Gumbo Limbo Spiraling Whitefly
  • Common questions about the gumbo limbo spiraling whitefly
  • Removing girdling roots for tree health and longevity
  • Rugose spiraling whitefly (English) (Spanish)

• Websites to Visit

• Major Pest and Disease Problems in the Landscape
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  • Lethal Viral Necrosis (LVN)
  • Ficus Whitefly (FW)
  • Lethal Bronzing (LB)
  • Tuttle Mealybug in Zoysiagras
  • Aphids
  • Scales
  • Whiteflies and whiteflies
• Information for Commercial Landscapers
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• • Soil and Water Testing Lab.
  • UF/TREC Plant Diagnostic Clinic
  • Find an Arborist
  • Florida Grades and Standards
• Common Problems in Trees, Groundcovers and Shrubs
• • Planted too Deep
  • Girdling or Circling Roots
• Common Problems in Grass
  
• Weeds
  
  • Broadleaf
  • Grasses
  • Sedges
  • Herbicides
• Diseases
  
  • Brown patch
  • Gray Leaf Spot
  • Take-all root rot.
  • Fungicides
•  Insects
  • Chinch bug
  • Grubs
  • Caterpillars
  • Mole crickets
  • Insecticides

• • • Be Ready, Be Safe! Hurricane Preparation Begins June 1st

  • Hazard Tree Assessment - Why Is It Important?
  • Hurricanes and South Florida Dealing with the Inevitable
  • Correct Pruning and Planting Techniques for Hurricane Season
  • Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program
  • Preparing Trees for the Hurricane Season