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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Florida Hemp, Luna Moth & IPM

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  Luna Moth & Hemp Entourage Effect #biodiversity Luna, the moon moth is a member of Actias genus in the Saturniid family. We love cater...

Florida Hemp, Leaf Miner Damage & IPM

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Florida Hemp exhibiting leaf miner damage   Leaf miner damage in   #hemp   leaves. Leaf miners are collectively a group of insects whose lar...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Green Heron Dawn Flight Calls, SMNWR

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One minute May 2022 sunrise heron, most likely green heron, Butorides spp., flight calls from out of the sawgrass marsh area east of Lightho...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Florida Hemp, Spiders Ambush Pest Insects

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Spiders love flowers in our pollinator section of #hemp cultivation area. So many lying in wait to surprise unsuspecting bugs. Spiders are g...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Florida Hemp, Controlling Glossy Winged Sharpshooters

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 Do you know this sucking bug?  It’s a Glossy Winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca sp., & is sucking on xylem of my #hemp crop. ...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

Florida Hemp, Green Anoles for Hemp IPM

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Green anole, Anolis carolinensis, on pest patrol duty in our #hemp cultivation area. The native green anole eats twice their weight in pesky...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Florida Hemp, Catnip Companion for IPM & Entourage Effect

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Catnip growing in w our #hemp for #Entourage effect & #IPM. #terpenes #floridahemp #arendellhillnursery #cbd #cbg #catnip #permaculture ...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Florida Hemp BMPs, Black Soldier Flies

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Happy to see Black Soldier Flies! Hermetia illucens, #stratiomyidae These insects work the soil as larvae as good as earthworms do & hel...

Florida Hemp & Afternoon Sunlight

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One of our hemp plants in afternoon sunlight here at #arendellhillnursery #floridahemp #850hemp #freshfromflorida #fiber #cbd #c...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Florida Hemp and Spittle Bugs, How Bird Feeders Help IPM

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Florida Hemp & Spittle Bug Damage We love bugs but manage Two-lined Spittle bugs, Prosapia bicincta, as they can devastate  #hemp  plant...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Florida Hemp, Pokeberry & Integrated Pest Management

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Awesome bug eaten native plant Phytolacca americana, Poke, is one of our BEST pest control lure plants. Pest bugs love poke’s tender leaves ...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Florida Hemp, Attracting Pollinators

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We spread FDOT type wildflower seeds along roadside here last fall. Despite drought they are blooming beautifully. The yellow Coreopsis is a...

Florida Hemp, Seedlings Planted with Zucchini & Squash

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This weekend planted zucchini, yellow squash & #fdacs approved pilot xHepius #hemp seedlings #floridahemp #850hemp #organic #permacultur...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Florida Hemp, Pilot Seedlings Ready for Transplanting

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#hemp seedlings, pilot varieties just over 30 days since planting (a couple sages too). Will transplant to field soon. #freshfromflorida #fl...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Florida Hemp, Leaf-footed Bugs & IPM

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Giant leaf-footed bug, Acanthocephala terminalis, a plant eater (loves devouring #hemp plants in our garden) A few are good for biodiversity...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

Florida Hemp, Genetic Diversity in Seed Supply

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Genetic diversity is so interesting. #Hemp seedlings can be short, tall, skinny, fat, darker colored, pale and exhibit so much more variatio...

Florida Hemp, Assassin Bugs IPM Team Members

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Good luck!!! Assassin Bug, Arilus sp., in the laundry room means there are plenty in the #hemp garden working on Integrated Pest Management ...

Florida Hemp, Planting FAMU Early Abacus sprouts.

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x Early Abacus #hemp seedlings ready to pot up into 4” pots. #FAMU pilot genetics. We are finding 4” starts produce high in-grou...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Florida Hemp, Spider Houses in the Grow Area, IPM at Work

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Our solar spider houses. The banana spiders are back! At night, plant damaging moths fly to solar light where they become food for Phoneutri...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Florida Hemp, Controlling Moth Caterpillars

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So many moths everywhere. Can’t kill them all nor do we want to. Looks like hungry Spodoptera sp. moth caterpillars. We don’t get too concer...