{"id":3963,"date":"2026-04-08T13:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:38:17","slug":"appling-county-april-2026-pecan-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/2026\/04\/appling-county-april-2026-pecan-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Appling County April 2026 Pecan Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pecans started to break buds about 10-14 days ago and now we are starting to see a lot of green leaves on the trees. Here are a few tips from myself and i have also attached the Southeast Georgia pecan press from Andrew Sawyer for March-April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will Brown&#8217;s tips for April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With the drought we are in we need to be putting some water to our trees, for mature trees irrigate atleast 4 hrs per week, for younger trees at least 3 hrs once per week. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is time to start fertilizing our trees, for mature trees apply 50-75 lbs of N\/acre two weeks after bud break. Split your applications up in 10 day intervals add an extra 25-50 pounds of N in June or late August if you have a heavy crop. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you had pecan phyloxerra last year, now is the time to apply centric or imidacloprid. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Begin fungicide sprays with a phosphite pre pollination spray. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply herbicides pre and post. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Southeast Georgia Pecan Press<\/strong> <strong>(Andrew Sawyer, UGA Pecan Agent)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost of Fertilizer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025 Pre-emergent Weed Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photos Around the District<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/files\/2026\/04\/Southeast-Georgia-Pecan-Press-March-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Southeast Georgia Pecan Press - March 2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c7f864e9-928d-432b-b650-1fd36196202f\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/files\/2026\/04\/Southeast-Georgia-Pecan-Press-March-2026.pdf\">Southeast Georgia Pecan Press &#8211; March 2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/files\/2026\/04\/Southeast-Georgia-Pecan-Press-March-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c7f864e9-928d-432b-b650-1fd36196202f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pecans started to break buds about 10-14 days ago and now we are starting to see a lot of green leaves on the trees. Here are a few tips from myself and i have also attached the Southeast Georgia pecan press from Andrew Sawyer for March-April. Will Brown&#8217;s tips for April Southeast Georgia Pecan Press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pecans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3965,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/applingcrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}