Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, provides hurricane Ian updates for Florida and ways to prepare your landscape for the hurricane’s arrival. Teresa talks with Dr. Braham Dhillon, Mycologist, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center on palm diseases in Florida. Dr. Dhillon has developed a new test for homeowners to determine if they have Ganoderma Butt Rot in their palms. Gardening calls and texts include white powder on palms, should you prune plumeria before or after a hurricane, what kind of soil for containerized citrus lemons, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

Ganoderma Palm Test for homeowners.

Join Teresa on an Art in Bloom Garden Tours – Check out the 2026 trips.

 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, UF/IFAS, Dr. Monica Elliott 

 

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