UF IFAS Extension Hardee County

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UF IFAS Extension Hardee County We provide educational programs to residents of Hardee County in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Horticulture, Family & Consumer Sciences and 4-H.

The University of Florida IFAS Extension Hardee County intends to educate, inform and provide updated information on its activities and to support and promote the its objectives for these activities through its social media site. All UF/IFAS Extension Hardee County comments are made by its designees. This site is not a public forum. Social media users may share ideas through commentary that is consistent with and furthers the objectives of a UF/IFAS Extension Hardee County post and University of Florida IFAS Extension Hardee County reserves the right to remove any comments that do not fall within this purpose. By posting a comment on this social media site, users agree to follow the terms of use of the site, Florida and federal laws and University of Florida regulations and policies, including but not limited to the Universityโ€™s Acceptable Use of Computing Resources Policy. UF/IFAS Extension Hardee County reserves the right to remove from the site any comments that violate these requirements.

Time is running out to register Winter Gardening and Frost Protection workshop next Thursday, October 22nd from 10am-12p...
10/12/2026

Time is running out to register Winter Gardening and Frost Protection workshop next Thursday, October 22nd from 10am-12pm. This workshop is a beginner-friendly overview of warm/cool season plants, cold-hardiness, and frost protection strategies homeowners can take to protect their gardens.

Please register using this link: https://WinterGandFrostProtection.eventbrite.com

Mark your calendars! We will be hosting a Winter Gardening & Frost Protection Workshop October 22nd, from 10am-12pm. Mor...
10/06/2026

Mark your calendars! We will be hosting a Winter Gardening & Frost Protection Workshop October 22nd, from 10am-12pm. More details can be found on the flyer below.

Register using this link: https://WinterGandFrostProtection.eventbrite.com

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž! ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ:โ—‹ ๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ โ€ข F...
10/01/2026

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž! ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ:

โ—‹ ๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ
โ€ข Fertilize citrus early this month
โ€ข Remove cool-season weeds from around the base of the tree
โ—‹ ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ/๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ
โ€ข This is prime time for planting cool season veggies and herbs such as garlic, cilantro,
broccoli and lettuce
โ€ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
โ—‹ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ (๐’๐ญ. ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ก๐ข๐š)
โ€ข Keep mowing (even when it's dry!) and leave clippings
โ€ฃ Mowing height/frequency
โƒ Bahiagrass: 3"-4" every 7-17 days
โƒ St. Augustine: 3"-4" every 5 -14 days
โ€ข ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž
โ—‹ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐›๐ฌ
โ€ข Lilies can be planted now for next spring
โ—‹ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ/๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ
โ€ข You can start planting cool season annuals like petunia and pansy
โ€ข๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
โ—‹๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ
โ€ข Time to plant roses and shrubs
โ€ข Finish up seasonal prunning
โ€ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ
โ—‹ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ & ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ
โ€ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐  ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

09/28/2026

Hello Hardee County! We're conducting a short survey about horticulture to see which gardening topics interest you the most, and we would greatly appreciate your participation. Your answers will help our Horticulture Agent design gardening workshops and other educational programming for the upcoming year.

This survey only takes a few minutes to complete

๐Ÿ“‹ Take the survey here: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Rb2plRPHSTCz1s

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Mark your calendas for this awesome program.For event registration and further information, please call 863-735-1001 or ...
09/18/2026

Mark your calendas for this awesome program.
For event registration and further information, please call 863-735-1001 or email at: [email protected].

As mosquito born-illness alerts are popping up in our neighboring counties, its important that you take steps to keep yo...
09/09/2026

As mosquito born-illness alerts are popping up in our neighboring counties, its important that you take steps to keep yourself and others safe from disease carrying mosquitos. If pets are outside all day, keep and eye on them and make sure they're up to date on heartworm preventatives.

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09/02/2026

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507 Civic Center Drive
Wauchula, FL
33873

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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