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Monday, January 31, 2022

January Fungi, Florida Hemp Cultivation Integrated Pest Management

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  Fungi play an important part in our integrated pest management program. Tracking fungi appearance and location is an important part of th...
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Friday, January 21, 2022

Organic Hemp Cultivation, Pests in the Leaf Litter

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 Caterpillars, when their population numbers grow unchecked, can devastate a hemp or cannabis crop in a matter of hours. Organic Hemp Cultiv...
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Monday, January 3, 2022

Leaf Footed Bugs, Friend or Foe to Organic Hemp Cultivation?

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Leaf footed bugs, Leptoglossus spp., are larger size, primarily vegetarian insects, that feed on seeds, vegetables, plant matter and fruit w...
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Assassin Bugs, An Organic Hemp Cultivator's Helper

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 Assassin bugs are a great pest control partner to have when growing hemp organically.   Milkweed assassin bug, Zelus longipes, is an import...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Gulf Breezes, Crickets and Palm Fronds

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 Over twenty minutes of Gulf of Mexico salty breezes blowing through sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) fronds above a black rush (Juncus roemerian...

Raptor Perches for Organic Integrated Pest Management

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 Arendell Hill has two new raptor perches now and we hope the birds of prey make themselves at home on the fourteen feet tall bird stands. T...
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Monday, December 27, 2021

Rooting Bee Balm Cuttings Organically, Hemp Cultivation and Pest Control With Wasps

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 Monarda punctata, spotted bee balm, is a native wildflower here in Florida and an important pest control plant at Arendell Hill.  Spotted b...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Organic Hemp Pest Control, a Native Plants & Songbird Partnership

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 Last post we discussed the important roles wild birds have in organic based pest control for hemp cultivation.   Ruby throated hummingbird,...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Birds and Hemp Cultivation Organic Pest Control

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 Guarded greenhouse cultivation of hemp and cannabis is the best way to avoid birds when growing hemp. Yet, the grower might ask, 'why w...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Organic Hemp Pest Control and Anolis carolinensis (Florida's Green Anole)

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Lately we've focused on discussing some of the many ecosystem variables associated with hemp (Cannabis sativa) cultivation in an effort ...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

Organic Hemp Cultivation and Pest Control, Documenting Weather Patterns

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 Some of the most important variables the organic hemp farmer can record and analyze are weather patterns impacting the growing area. Weathe...
Thursday, December 9, 2021

Organic Hemp Farming, Pest Control and Annual Ecosystem Matrix Data

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 Last post we discussed the importance of codifying the hemp cultivation area's biological and geophysical characteristics into a chart ...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Developing an Ecosystem Matrix for Hemp Cultivation, Organic Integrated Pest Management

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 In the last several posts we've introduced the concept of ecosystem matrices into our discussion of organic integrated pest management ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

November 31st Overnight Audio, Marsh Shoreline, SMNWR

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  I nto the Saw Palmetto dominated pine flatwoods to the marsh waterline where I'll set up recorders for overnight audio collection An h...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Organic Hemp Cultivation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & Birds

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 We encourage birds to make themselves home here in the Arendell Hill nursery gardens. Wild birds, song birds, raptors and more.  Winged cre...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

Organic Hemp Pest Control (IPM) Prescribed and Simulated Burning Importance

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 Last post we discussed how Eastern Tent Caterpillars, Malacosoma spp., lay their eggs on the branches, twigs and leaves of hardwood trees. ...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma spp.) and Other Caterpillars in Hemp Cultivation

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 Quality, organically grown hemp can bring a high level of demand and offer significant economic gain to the organic grower.  But tent cater...