“Potential Seed Quality issues in 2020 – What can I do to reduce the risk of having stand issues?” Seed Options Growers should ask what the Germination % is on every lot they purchase. If you purchase seed, it should be 75% germination or above. You could send sample to…
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Peanuts posts
We have received many questions in recent days pertaining to the quality issues facing our peanut seed supply in 2020 and relative performance of seed treatments Dynasty PD and Rancona. Below is the information that you need to know now; as more information is developed we will pass it to…
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Peanut Post-emergence Weed Control and Tank Mixing Jun 20, 2019 | Written by Bryce Sutherland We are in the 30-45 days after planting range for a lot of peanuts in the county. A lot of people are going to use Cadre + 2,4-DB based off the phone calls. If grass is an issue in your…
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Thrips Injury and Acephate Rates for Peanut – Worth County Extension May 24, 2019 Please read below from the UGA Peanut Entomology Blog on Thrips Injury and Acephate Rate in peanut. You can subscribe to this blog for updates here: https://site.extension.uga.edu/peanutent/ Over the years several folks have asked why there is a difference…
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Row Crop Disease UpdateKemerait and BrennemanOver the next week, temperatures in southern Georgia as expected to be near 100 degrees for several days. Such very warm conditions can bring a greater urgency to early-season disease control in the peanut crop with regards to Aspergillus crown rot and white mold. Risk…
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On Monday we were able to plant the Peanut on Farm Variety trial here in Ben Hill County with producer Kenny Ray Davis. Varieties that are planted in this trial is GA 06Gs, Georgia-18RU, Georgia-16HO, and the new variety Georgia-20VHO. We had great success with last years trial that has…
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Bob Kemerait answers a few questions about PEANUT Early-Season TreatmentsQuestion 1: “Bob, do I have to use a fungicide seed treatment on my peanut seed?”Answer 1: “Only if you want to pick peanuts at the end of the season.” Question 2: “Bob, which peanut fungicide seed treatment should I use?”Answer…
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Common Questions Shared by Jeremy Kichler Colquitt County AgentThank you, Jeremy, for sharing. This is a repeat from last week but very good information shared here. Topics includes in-furrow treatments for cotton and peanut. Nitrogen applications and weed control in corn.Thoughts on Cotton Weed Control…BURNDOWN: Palmer amaranth must not be…
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The Big Rain and Herbicides (Prostko) Most of Georgia received a significant rainfall event on April 24, 2021 (Figure 1). Some areas received more than than 6″. Consequently, my phone has been ringing off the hook about the potential effects of this precipitation event on herbicides. Here are a few…
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Greetings! Get any rain? Growers this morning are probably more concerned with putting their fields back together than with disease, wondering if they need to put out more fertilizer. But diseases and nematodes are certainly an issue NOW. Examples: conditions are PERFECT with wet soils for seed rots and seedling…
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Planting of cotton and peanuts will begin to ramp-up in the coming weeks. Important that growers pay careful attention to soil conditions, especially soil temps. Soil moisture is very important, especially for non-irrigated fields, but so is soil temperatures. At least that’s what our Corn, Cotton, and Peanut team leaders…
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Just a few notes this morning: Rain expected today and Saturday across much of southern Georgia will bring cool, wet soils that are perfect for seedling diseases in cotton and peanut. So, in my opinion, best to wait. I think Dr. Monfort and Dr. Hand would agree that planting either…
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I know everyone is getting bombarded with questions about the weather and planting. Soil temps around the state are in the high 60’s to high 70’s. The soil should be buffered from a few hours of cold temperatures during the night time as long as we are warming back…
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Thanks to strong efforts from Dr. Joe “The Man” LaForest with Bugwood and Tracey Vellidis, we now have an automated version of “Peanut Rx 2020” on the UGA Peanut Extension website. I will be putting the current Industry Peanut Rx programs up there as well. A tremendous “thanks” to Joe…
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