Gulf Coast Region Adenium, Plumeria and Pachypodium — Florida, Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi Growing Guide

The Three-Media System: How I Use Potting Media, Spring Top Dress, and Summer Top Dress Together

The Three-Media System: How I Use Potting Media...

Gulf Coast growers are well into the active growing season by mid-May. The media decisions that matter right now aren’t about repotting — they’re about maintaining the root zone through...

The Three-Media System: How I Use Potting Media...

Gulf Coast growers are well into the active growing season by mid-May. The media decisions that matter right now aren’t about repotting — they’re about maintaining the root zone through...

How to Fertilize Plumeria on the Gulf Coast — North of Zone 10

How to Fertilize Plumeria on the Gulf Coast — N...

South Florida fertilizer guides assume the root system is always active. In Mobile, Baton Rouge, and Pensacola, that is not true from December through February. Container Plumeria going dormant in...

How to Fertilize Plumeria on the Gulf Coast — N...

South Florida fertilizer guides assume the root system is always active. In Mobile, Baton Rouge, and Pensacola, that is not true from December through February. Container Plumeria going dormant in...

What Works in Vero Beach May Not Work in Mobile

What Works in Vero Beach May Not Work in Mobile

The Florida Panhandle, coastal Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi are not south Florida. Zone 8b in Mobile averages a winter low of 15–20°F. Even a month of indoor dormancy in a...

What Works in Vero Beach May Not Work in Mobile

The Florida Panhandle, coastal Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi are not south Florida. Zone 8b in Mobile averages a winter low of 15–20°F. Even a month of indoor dormancy in a...

Spider Mites on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guide for FL, AL, LA & MS

Spider Mites on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing G...

Gulf Coast growers have a natural advantage against spider mites for most of the year — until the dry season arrives. Here is what to watch for, when your risk...

Spider Mites on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing G...

Gulf Coast growers have a natural advantage against spider mites for most of the year — until the dry season arrives. Here is what to watch for, when your risk...

Thrips on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guide for FL, AL, LA & MS

Thrips on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guide f...

Thrips are a year-round management challenge for Gulf Coast Plumeria growers. No winter reset, multiple bloom flushes, and a diverse regional species complex mean the pressure never fully stops. Here...

Thrips on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guide f...

Thrips are a year-round management challenge for Gulf Coast Plumeria growers. No winter reset, multiple bloom flushes, and a diverse regional species complex mean the pressure never fully stops. Here...

Mealybugs on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guide for FL, AL, LA & MS

Mealybugs on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guid...

On the Gulf Coast, mealybugs never fully stop. No cold winter reset, year-round warm temperatures, and aggressive ant populations that actively protect colonies make mealybug management in FL, AL, LA,...

Mealybugs on Plumeria — Gulf Coast Growing Guid...

On the Gulf Coast, mealybugs never fully stop. No cold winter reset, year-round warm temperatures, and aggressive ant populations that actively protect colonies make mealybug management in FL, AL, LA,...