Fruit
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I may be a little biased, but I believe the best Father’s Day gifts are garden books, tools, gloves, seeds, or plants. Each of these items involves me and my son getting our hands dirty in the garden. The best gifts are the those that create lasting memories of planting or building something that we…
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The yellownecked caterpillar is a common pest of shade trees and shrubs. It is found throughout the eastern United States. It feeds on a variety of trees including basswood, birch, elm, honeylocust, oak, maple, and walnut. This insect is also destructive on the foliage of blueberry, apple, and other fruit trees. The adult stage of…
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Blueberries are one of the most popular backyard fruits for Georgia because they are relatively low maintenance compared to other fruit species. However, there is one particular disease issue known as “mummy berry” that can be problematic for blueberry growers. The disease is easily recognized when the fruit begins to ripen, as infected berries become…
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If calcium is deficient in developing tomato fruits, an irreversible condition known as blossom-end rot will develop. Blossom-end rot occurs when cell wall calcium is deficient during early fruit development, and results in cell wall membrane collapse. Blossom end rot is a physiological disorder of tomatoes and not caused by a plant disease. Symptoms include…
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Brown rot is one of the most common and damaging fungal diseases of peaches in Georgia. In most years, all of the ripening fruit can be lost to this disease on unsprayed trees. The severity of the disease can vary from year to year depending on the amount of moisture and humidity. Brown rot attacks…
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Come learn about best practices to keep food safe during COVID-19, from the farm to the market.
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The weather has been unusually warm to start out this year. I noticed the flower buds on my plum and pear trees starting to swell and show some color in February. Unfortunately, if this warm weather continues, we will end up having a premature bloom on many fruit tree species. In some years, it is…
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This might end up being a great year for peaches and other fruit trees in Georgia. That is assuming we don’t have another hard freeze between now and mid-April. Georgia is known as the peach state, although California and South Carolina actually grow more peaches. Georgia, of course, has the best tasting peaches according to…
