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Be Careful of Residual Herbicides When Selling Hay/Straw for Vegetable Mulch or Compost

Be Careful of Residual Herbicides When Selling Hay/Straw for Vegetable Mulch or Compost

I recently met with a home gardener who brought in tomato plants showing strange symptoms on the leaves.  Together we puzzled over the odd leaf-curling symptoms that were affecting their tomato beds, but not other areas of the garden. Upon further investigation it was...

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May 2022 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook

May 2022 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook

Rainfall May is normally one of the driest months of the year, with an average of 3.5" of rain in Marianna.  May 2022 was definitely not normal or uniform across the Florida Panhandle, with much of the rain coming in the final full week.  The map above to the left...

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Friday Feature:  How to Calibrate a Boom Sprayer – 1/128 of an Acre Method

Friday Feature: How to Calibrate a Boom Sprayer – 1/128 of an Acre Method

With so much rain recently, farmers and ranchers will be using their sprayers soon for fungicide and herbicide applications.  At some point every season, it is recommended to recalibrate your sprayer to ensure that you know how much water per acre the sprayer applies...

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