Master Gardener Handbook: South Florida

Table of Contents

Below you will find the table of contents for the Master Gardener Handbook South 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
  • 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
  • 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 Atemoya
  • The Avocado
  • The Banana In Florida
  • Barbados Cherry
  • Blackberry and Raspberry
  • The Carambola (Starfruit)
  • Blueberry Gardeners Guide
  • The Chinese Jujube
  • The Coconut Palm in Florida
  • Dooryard Fruit Varieties
  • Selected Eugenia Species
  • The Fig
  • The Bunch Grape
  • The Muscadine Grape
  • Growing Fruit Crops in Containers
  • The Guava
  • The Jaboticaba
  • The Jackfruit
  • The Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) in Florida
  • The Loquat
  • The Lychee in Florida
  • The Macadamia
  • The Mamey Sapote
  • The Mango
  • The Papaya
  • The Passion Fruit
  • Peaches and Nectarines for Florida
  • Growing Pears in Florida
  • The Pecan
  • Oriental Persimmons in Florida
  • The Pineapple
  • The Pomegranate
  • The Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota Van Royen) in Florida
  • The Sea Grape
  • Spondias in Florida
  • The Tamarind
  • Growing Citrus in the Dooryard
  • Citrus Propagation
  • Diagnosing Dooryard Citrus Problems
  • Sweet Orange
  • Ambersweet Orange
  • Mineola Tangelo
  • Murcott (Honey Tangerine)
  • Orlando Tangelo
  • The Satsuma Tangerine
  • Sunburst Tangerine
  • The Grapefruit
  • The Tahiti Lime
• Houseplants and Flowers
  • Bedding Plants: Selection, Establishment and Maintenance
  • Bulbs for Florida
  • Care of Plants in the Home
  • Flowering Perennials for Florida
• 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

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Volume 3

• 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
• Shrubs and Trees
  • Crape Myrtle in Florida
  • Hibiscus in Florida
  • Hollies in Florida
  • Junipers in Florida
  • Ligustrum or Privet
  • Rose Culture
• Palms
  • Palm Nutrition Guide
  • Ornamental Palms for South Florida
  • Treating Cold-Damaged Palms
• Selection
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Ground Covers for South Florida
  • Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Trees for South Florida
  • A Guide to Selecting Existing Vegetation for for Low-Energy Landscapes
  • Selecting and Planting Trees and Shrubs
  • Native Shrubs for South Florida
  • Native Trees for South Florida
  • Salt Tolerant Plants for Florida
  • Vines for Florida
• Soil and Fertilizers
  • The Florida Fertilizer Label
  • Fertilization Recommendations for Landscape Plants
  • Fertilizing the Garden
  • Palm Nutrition Guide
  • Plant Nutrients and Fertilizers for the Non-Farmer
  • Soil pH and Landscape Plants
  • Soils and Plant Nutrition
• Miscellaneous Plants
  • Spanish Moss and Ball Moss
  • Pesticide Labeling
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Harmful Effects and Emergency Response
  • Proper Disposal of Pesticide Waste
  • Transportation, Storage, Disposal, and Spill Cleanup
  • Deadline Granules Specimin Label
  • IFAS Pesticide and Fertilizer Recommendations
  • Pesticide Formulations
• 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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