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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Spring Equinox is Here!

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Soil temp in the organic sunny hemp bed is 68F/20C.  Needs to warm up a bit. #hemp # floridahemp # freshfromflorida #organic #cannabis ...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Earwigs (Dermaptera) and Florida Organic Hemp Cultivation

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Are earwigs friend or foe in the hemp cultivation area? Florida Organic Hemp Pest Management, Earwigs belong to the insect order Dermaptera ...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Organic Hemp Cultivation Pest Plant Alert, Lamium amplexicaule aka Henbit

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 Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule, is a purple flowered non-native groundcover with an aggressive growing habit renown for taking away native pla...
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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Florida Organic Hemp Cultivation and Fungi Based Integrated Pest Management

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 Blue oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus sp., are an important part of our Integrated Pest Management program here across Arendell Hill nursery. Oy...
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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Millipedes, A Beneficial Integrated Pest Management Partner for Florida Hemp Cultivation

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  Millipedes are an important  #IPM  partner for our  #hemp  cultivation plot.  These scavengers prefer to eat moist leaves and plant litter...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Sow Thistle & Hemp Cultivation

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 Pest plant (weed) alert!  Sow Thistle, Sonchus sp., an invasive weed in the hemp cultivation area Sow thistle, Sonchus sp., is native to Eu...
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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Surinam Cockroach and Organic Hemp Cultivation

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  These photos are of the Surinam burrowing cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis, also known as the greenhouse cockroach, an exotic pest inse...
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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Organic Florida Hemp Cultivation, Identifying Crop Pests with UV Light

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Evolution has equipped many insects with a sublime ability to camouflage themselves.  Pest Insects may remain hidden under most light wavele...
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Friday, February 18, 2022

Warrior Beetles and Organic Hemp Cultivation

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  Warrior beetle.  Good insect for hemp cultivation. Warrior beetles are excellent predatory pests to have in the Florida organic hemp culti...
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Florida Hemp Cultivation Bed Preparation

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  Hay arrived yesterday for spring gardens. Hemp cultivation is made easier with a quality mulch such as organic hay. Excellent quality org...
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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Planting Bed Prep for Spring Organic Hemp Crop

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We began breaking soil and adding mulched organic matter from the Arendell Hill site in preparation for spring hemp planting. In...
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Friday, February 4, 2022

Asian Lady Beetles and Organic Hemp (Cannabis) Cultivation

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  I've been seeing Asian lady beetles, Harmonia axyridis, almost everywhere lately (early February 2022). Asian Lady Beeetle, Harmonia ...
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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,...