Master Gardener Handbook: North and Central Florida

Table of Contents

Below you will find the table of contents for the Master Gardener Handbook North and Central Florida Edition. You are also able to follow the links to online publications in EDIS that cover the material where available.

Volume 1

• Master Gardener Info
  • The Master Gardener Volunteer: Making Extension Horticulture Education Better and More Effective
  • Determining Problems on Woody Ornamentals Over the Telephone
• Basic Botany
  • Botany Handbook for Florida, Revised Edition
  • How Trees Grow in the Urban Environment
  • Plant Growth and Development
• Entomology
  Citrus
  • Control of Insects, Mites, and Diseases of Florida's Dooryard Citrus Trees
  Household and Structural
  • Ant Trails: A Key to Management with Baits
  • Ants
  • Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera, Anobiidaae)
  • Least Toxic Methods of Cockroach Control
  • Cockroaches and Their Management
  • Non-subterranean Termites
  • Formosan Subterranean Termite
  • Preconstruction Termiticide Barriers
  • Pantry and Stored Food Pests
  • Pillbugs, Centipedes, Millipedes and Earwigs
  • Powderpost Beetles and Other Wood-Infesting Insects
  • Biology and Control of Spiders
  • Subterranean Termites
  Ornamentals
  • Aphids on Ornamental Plants around the House
  • Insect Borers of Trees and Shrubs
  • Lace Bugs on Ornamental Plants
  • Leafminers and Their Control on Ornamental Plants Around the Home
  • Mites and Their Control on Ornamental Plants Around the Home
  • Scale Insects and Mealybugs on Ornamental Plants and Their Control
  • Thrips on Ornamental Plants
  • Whiteflies and Their Control on Ornamental Plants Around the Home
  • Houseplant Arthropod Pest Management
  Pests of Humans and Domestic Animals
  • Chiggers
  • Fleas
  • Reduced Chemical Management of Fleas
  • Lovebugs in Florida
  • Lyme Disease
  • Biting Flies
  • Stinging or Venomous Insects and Related Pests
  • Mosquitos In and Around the Home
  • Ticks
  • Use and Application of DEET Repellent
  Turfgrass
  • (See Florida Lawn Handbook)
  Vegetable Crops
  • (See Vegetable Gardening Guide for additional information)
  • Insect Management in the Home Garden
  Other Information
  • Microbial Insecticides
• Nematology
  • Introduction to Nematology
  • Managing Nematodes in the Non-Commercial Vegetable Garden
  • Nematode Management for Landscape Ornamentals
  • Nematode Management in Residential Lawns
  • Nematode Assay Laboratory
• Plant Pathology
  • Diagnosis and Control of Plant Diseases and Nematodes in a Home Vegetable Garden
  • Disease Resistant Vegetable varieties for the Home Grower
  • Sudden Oak Death
  • Crop Alert: A Citrus Canker Fact Sheet for Homeowners
  • Florida Extension Plant Disease Clinic: Sample Submission and Diagnosis
  • Retail Garden Center Series: Homeowner Fungicide Products for Diseases of Ornamentals
  • Retail Garden Center Series: Homeowner Fungicide Products for Fruit Diseases
  • Retail Garden Center Series: Homeowner Fungicide Products for Vegetable Diseases
  • Managing Diseases of Ornamentals in the Landscape with Reduced Fungicide Use
  • Turf Disease Pointers for the Urban Environment
  • Plant Disease Diagnostic Form

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Volume 2

• Fruit Crops
  • The Apple
  • The Avocado
  • The Banana In Florida
  • Blackberry and Raspberry
  • Blueberry Gardeners Guide
  • Citrus Propagation
  • Diagnosing Dooryard Citrus Problems
  • Growing Citrus in the Dooryard
  • Deciduous Fruit for North Florida
  • Dooryard Fruit Varieties
  • The Fig
  • The Bunch Grape
  • The Muscadine Grape
  • The Grapefruit
  • Growing Fruit Crops in Containers
  • The Guava
  • The Chinese Jujube
  • The Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) in Florida
  • The Loquat
  • The Lychee in Florida
  • Sweet Orange
  • The Papaya
  • Peaches and Nectarines for Florida
  • Growing Pears in Florida
  • Oriental Persimmons in Florida
  • The Pecan
  • The Pineapple
  • The Pomegranate
  • Propagation of Fruit Crops
  • Pruning and Training Deciduous Fruit Trees for the Dooryard
  • The Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota Van Royen) in Florida
  • The Mamey Sapote
  • Sunburst Tangerine
  • The Satsuma Tangerine
  • Orlando Tangelo
  • Mineola Tangelo
  • Murcott (Honey Tangerine)
  • Ambersweet Orange
• Houseplants and Flowers
  • Bedding Plants: Selection, Establishment and Maintenance
  • Bulbs for Florida
  • Care of Plants in the Home
  • Flowering Perennials for Florida
• Landscape
  • Basic Principles of Landscape Design
  • Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
  • Conserving Water in the Home Landscape
  • Construction of Home Compost Units
  • Converting Yard Wastes Into Landscape Assets
  • Dispelling Misperceptions About Trees
  • Florida Guide to Environmental Landscaping
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: A Guide to Microclimate Modification
  • Landscape Design for Water Conservation
  • Micro-irrigation in the Landscape
  • Mulches for Landscape
  • Propagation of Landscape Plants
  • Pruning Landscape Trees and Shrubs

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Volume 3

• Shrubs and Trees
  • Azaleas for Florida
  • Camellias in Florida
  • Crape Myrtle in Florida
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Gardenias
  • Hibiscus in Florida
  • Hollies in Florida
  • Junipers in Florida
  • Ligustrum or Privet
  • Magnolias
  • Rose Culture
• Palms
  • Ornamental Palms for Central Florida
  • Palm Nutrition Guide
  • Treating Cold-Damaged Palms
• Selection
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Ground Covers for Central Florida
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Ground Covers for North Florida
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Trees for Central Florida
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Trees for North Florida
  • Native Florida Plants for Home Landscapes
  • Selected Shrubs for Central Florida
  • Selected Shrubs for North Florida
  • Selecting and Planting Trees and Shrubs
  • Salt Tolerant Plants for Florida
  • North Florida Landscape Plants for Shaded Sites
  • Vines for Florida
  • North Florida Landscape Plants for Wet Areas
• Soil and Fertilizers
  • Fertilization Recommendations for Landscape Plants
  • The Florida Fertilizer Label
  • Fertilizing the Garden
  • Palm Nutrition Guide
  • Plant Nutrients and Fertilizers for the Non-Farmer
  • Soil pH and Landscape Plants
  • Soils and Plant Nutrition
• Vegetables
  • Grow Your own Vegetables Without Soil
  • Herbs in the Florida Garden
  • Mini-gardening (Growing Vegetables in Containers)
  • Producing Garden Vegetables with Organic Soil Amendments
  • Organic Vegetable Gardening
  • Seeding the Garden
  • Soil Preparation and Liming
  • Starting the Garden with Transplants
  • Strawberries in the Florida Garden
  • Tomatoes in the Florida Garden
  • Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
• Miscellaneous Plants
  • Spanish Moss and Ball Moss
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Harmful Effects and Emergency Response
  • Proper Disposal of Pesticide Waste
  • Transportation, Storage, Disposal, and Spill Cleanup
  • IFAS Pesticide and Fertilizer Recommendations
• Wildlife
  • Butterfly Gardning in Florida
  • Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment
  • Water for Wildlife
  • What to do about Orphaned, Injured, and Sick Wildlife
  • (See Florida Lawn Handbook for data on Armadillos, Imported Fire Ants, Moles, and Pocket Gophers)

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