Okeechobee County Extension Horticulture

Quick Page Links:   | Consumers |   Pest Management & Pest Alerts | Plant Selection |  UF Tree & Shrub Fact Sheets |      Other UF Links

Commercial Horticulture Pages:     Commercial Nursery Growers |   Landscape Professionals and Pest Control Operators

Try the National eXtension website for general Consumer Horticulture questions: 

Gardens, Lawns & Landscapes

For specific Horticulture questions:

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 Consumers & Homeowners:  

Want to buy locally? Check out our Okeechobee Green Pages!

For Florida-Friendly Landscaping information, go to:

UF/IFAS Florida-Friendly Landscaping TM Program website 

FloridaYards.org. 

For Dooryard Fruit information, go to the Fruitscapes info website.

Home Grown Citrus fruit Shipping Instructions:  click here to get pdf document.  

To locate Commercial Gift Fruit Shippers, go to this Indian River Citrus League page  or the Florida Gift Fruit Shippers Association list of members.

For home vegetable gardening publications, go to the UF EDIS Vegetable Gardening website.  For specific publications on specific Vegetables or Fruit, go here to an index on the EDIS website.

To see about exhibiting Vegetables at the Okeechobee County Fair, click here.  For information about our Vegetable Judging and Identification contest, click here. 

  Garden and Seed Catalog List -  for homeowners [thanks to Broward Co. Extension Service!] 

  Miami / Dade County Vegetable Gardening webpages: 

Home Gardening - http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/home_gardening.shtml#veggarden

Community gardens -  http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/communitygarden.shtml

For  information about ornamental plants, visit our county Master Gardeners or go to the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture website. UF/IFAS Soil Testing Laboratory - for information  on fee-paid soil and water testing services, and download sample submission forms.  Local residents can get FREE soil pH tests, sample bags and mailing boxes at our office.

Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services -  A to Z Resource Guide or call 1-800-HELP-FLA

Commercial Nursery Growers:    For Information about Irrigation,  Best Management Practices,  about Starting a Nursery or Nursery Grades & Standards, go to our Nursery Grower page.

  Sod Growers: click on the grass for turfgrass links on our Agriculture Page 

   2003 Florida Sod Industry Report - Click here!  

    Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States (2006) 

Links for Commercial Landscapers & Pest Management Professionals:

         2009 UF/IFAS Pest Control Guide for Turfgrass Managers

          1.42 MB - 83 pp. 2009 edition - please destroy previous editions!

 

Florida Green Industries: Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources    [1.1 MB  pdf document - 68 pages, 2008 revision]

Irrigation Evaluation - Resource page

Insect Management on Landscape Plants note: this publication is being revised; the link here is for archival purposes, and may contain out of date recommendations!

Maintaining Athletic Fields

Limited L&O Pesticide License Information package - 4/2007

    UF Horticulture Links:                   Ornamental Crops                      

Professional Landscapers     Master Gardeners     Home Landscaping

Citrus Producers     Temperate Fruit     Tropical Fruit     Vegetable Growers           

UF/IFAS Horticultural Web links:

ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu
GULF COAST RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://gcrec.ifas.ufl.edu
MID FLORIDA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu
NORTH FLORIDA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu
TROPICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu
INDIAN RIVER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://irrec.ifas.ufl.edu
FORT LAUDERDALE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu
WEST FLORIDA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://wfrec.ifas.ufl.edu

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