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  • Southeast Georgia Pecan Update

    Articles in this issue: Pecan crop update; Herbicide options; Pecans and sulfur; Soil moisture meters; Low-input variety trial.

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  • Snails on Pecan Trees

    I started getting more calls and questions regarding snails on pecan trees. We had this issue last year as well. Rather than “reinventing the wheel”, below is an article written in 2020 by Angel Acebes-Doria (UGA) in consultation with Dr. Lenny Wells (UGA), Dr. Will Hudson (UGA), Dr. Ted Cottrell (USDA), and Dr. Capinera (UF) that gives some good information about snails and control options…

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  • Southeast Georgia Pecan Field Day Returns August 18, 2021 8am!!

    For sponsorship information call 912-367-8130.

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  • 2021 UGA Pecan Meetings

    Our first virtual pecan production meeting will be held this Thursday (Jan 21) at 6:00 pm. Additional dates and times are February 9th at 9am and March 9th at 6pm. You will hear presentations from Dr. Lenny Wells (Horticulture), Dr. Angelita Acebes (Entomology), Jason Brock (Plant Pathology) and Andrew Sawyer (SE Area Pecan Agent). Click…

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  • Pecan Variety Selection and Planting

    One of the most important decisions a pecan grower has to make is which variety to plant. Once the tree is in the ground, it is too late to change varieties. Another decision often overlooked is how to plant the tree properly. Once the tree is planted, you will not have another opportunity to make…

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  • Pecan Update 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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  • Disease Update and Other Info

    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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  • Pecan Irrigation

    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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  • Jason Brock: Pecan Disease Slides from county production meeting.

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  • 2020 Pecan meeting slides – Lenny Wells

     

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