Last week was dry but this week is calling for more afternoon showers with that being the case we need to continue to watch the weather before making fungicide applications. With that being said I have attached a post from Dr. Lenny Wells back in 2021 on Pecan Fungicides Rainfastness to assist you in making decisions on fungicide application timing. Black Pecan aphids usually start to pick up this time of year so keep an eye on that and take a look at a couple of slides from Mr. Andrew Sawyer, UGA Pecan Agent further in this newsletter on Black Pecan Aphid and Mites. Mites usually are not a problem until mid-August, but I have heard of some mite issues already in the county. Also, it is not to late for Leaf Sampling so if that is needed now is the time to collect those. Dr. Lenny sent out a newsletter on Leaf Samples earlier this month along with several others and the links to those are all in here as well. The 2025 Southeast Georgia Pecan Field Day Date has been set for August 27th, the flyer is below and has registration and event information.
2025 Southeast Georgia Pecan Field Day
Pecan Fungicide Rainfast
Here is a post of fungicides and their optimum rainfast shared by Dr. Tim Brenneman. For pecan (and likely other crops too), it is difficult to find drying time when our phone shows rain every day. For pecan, Super Tin and Elast/Dodine need the longest time to dry. If we get rain within an hour of spraying anything, it is all gone.
Pecan Aphids and Mites
Dr. Lenny Wells Recent Posts:
Pecan blog update—Nut drop and leaf samples
https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan
| UGA Pecan Extension – University of Georgia As we all know, Georgia pecan growers are no strangers to hurricanes. Hopefully, we won’t have to deal with another one in 2025. Its difficult to mage a pecan orchard in a way that can have much effect in protecting it from something as powerful and out of our control as a hurricane. site.extension.uga.edu |
Pecan Blog Update—Scab infection of Avalon
https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan
Pecan blog update—Scab control
https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan
| UGA Pecan Extension A note from UGA Pecan Breeder Dr. Patrick Conner on a recent observation of scab on ‘Avalon’: ‘Avalon’ pecan was released in 2016 because of its high yields, good nut quality and excellent scab resistance in trial orchards. In the last five years ‘Avalon’ has become a widely planted pecan cultivar in Georgia and is… Read More site.extension.uga.edu |