Pecans
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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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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…
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Over the last years I’ve been working with UGA and involved in pecans, I hear many ideas from new and old growers on irrigation. Some say, “don’t water the tree so the roots will be stronger.” Others have said that irrigation is what makes trees fall over during storms. Well, I won’t say that both…
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Riding around the county I am beginning to see some trees breaking out buds. As we are getting on into spring here are a few things to be considering when thinking about managing your pecan crop this April. Also, see further in this email a newsletter from the UGA Pecan Team. Fertilization: Begin Nitrogen applications.…
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Reminder on Upcoming Meetings ————————————————————————————————————– Recap of Appling County Pecan Meeting We had a good crowd at this years Pecan Meeting. We would like to send a thank you out to our sponsors and to our speakers. See below main points from each speakers presentation at last weeks meeting. Main Points from Dr. Lenny Wells,…
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UGA On-Farm County Peanut Variety Trial Results Peanut Yield averages and Range across all locations % TSWV across all locations Level Number of Trials % TSWV Std Error Range Low High Georgia-18RU 3 13.2 2.9 7.5 18.9 FloRun-T61 2 12.6 3.5 5.7 19.6 AUNPL-17 6 11.4 2.0 7.4 15.5 Georgia-16Ho 3…
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Pecan orchards took a hard hit from Helene in Appling county. A third of the mature trees are down, at the least, and near to a quarter of the young trees did not fair to well either. Not only the tree themselves were roughened up but this years crop in Appling county has nearly been…
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I want to share with you that Dr. Bob Stougaard, Professor in Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, is now serving as an Extension resource for weed management in forage systems. See below his short article he recently shared with county extension agents. In this article he encourages producers to scout their hay fields and…
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We’ve had a lot of damage from ambrosia beetles this year. If you have had problems with this pest before OR if you have newly planted trees, it is likely a good idea to continue spraying the trunks of young (1-3 yr old) trees with a pyrethroid like Bifenthrin. Due to the number of beetles captured…
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Scab disease development requires the host and pathogen to be present and the conditions to be suitable for the pathogen to grow. The conditions required for scab development is a temperature range of 59-95 degrees F (optimal temp is 59-77) in the presence of moisture for at least 12 hrs. For the next 12 days…
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