July 2020

• Pecan Update July 9, 2020

  July 9, 2020

  

  Fruit Thinning Many orchards will need fruit thinning this year. See a blog post from Lenny Wells giving details on how this process works: https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan/2015/07/time-for-fruit-thinning/

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• Silverleaf Whiteflies in Cotton

  July 9, 2020

  

  Whitefly populations are starting to increase, and in south Georgia have already hit threshold levels. Be ready to treat fields if they become an issue in our area. Below are guidelines for scouting and treating fields.

  Posted in: Cotton

• Disease Update and Other Info

  July 8, 2020

  

  Soybean rust was found on kudzu in Jefferson County yesterday for the first time. Soybean rust has been found in kudzu now across the Coastal Plain. Because of this, I advise all soybean producers in the southern half of the state to make a fungicide application at R3 early pod set growth stage. Cotton leaf…

  Posted in: Cotton, Out On The Farm, Pecans, Uncategorized