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Its Time to Pull Pegging Zone Samples By Andrew Sawyer It has been said, “If it don’t rain, it don’t matter.” We are putting out landplaster in peanuts now to supplement calcium. If we don’t have enough calcium, we get “pops”. This usually happens more in dryland fields as we also need water to move the Ca…
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Disease Update by Bob Kemerait CORN: No southern rust has been found in Georgia to date. Apparently, there is not a lot in Florida either. Spores from Florida are typically a threat to our corn crop. Little disease there means lower risk here in Georgia. Jason Brock and I are seeing a fair amount…
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Fertility (Glenn Harris) Replacing Nutrients Leached by May Rains It seems like every time we get a lot of rain I hear people say “well, I guess I lost all my fertilizer”. While nutrient leaching (nutrients dissolved in water moving downward out of the root zone of plants) is a legitimate concern, especially on our…
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Considerations for the Remainder of the Planting Season (Mark Freeman) This spring has been especially challenging for cotton planting in many parts of the state. Dry weather early in the planting window followed by continual rainfall in the second half of May have delayed planting of over one third of the 2018 crop into June.…
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Cotton Insects (Phillip Roberts) The question has been asked if we should manage insects differently in late planted cotton. The answer is no, however we cannot afford to make any mistakes as mistakes will be costly. A late planted crop will have limited time to effectively bloom and set harvestable bolls. Cotton with a more…
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Cotton weed control (Culpepper) Weather has certainly challenged the management program. The intense and often overwhelming rainfall in recent weeks has greatly limited our ability to be timely with weed management programs throughout Georgia. Below are a few discussion points to address common questions/concerns. 1. Preemergence (PRE) herbicides in 2018 have been priceless providing excellent…
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By Bob Kemerait Peanuts and disease: Conditions are perfect now for leaf spot disease to occur. A significant portion of our crop is approaching 30 days after planting and wet fields are likely to keep growers our of the field. Growers who are delayed making their first application should consider using or mixing a systemic…
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By: Jared Whitaker The 2018 Georgia cotton season has started off as a tale of two extremes. Rainfall during April and the first two weeks of May was almost non-existent, which delayed planting in some dryland situations and even made stand establishment with irrigation challenging. Since then, rainfall has been plentiful if not excessive across…
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Corn Update By: Reagan Noland & Corn Disease Update By: Bob Kemerait Saturated soil + High winds = Chances of lodging We have had multiple reports of corn lodging in East Georgia (particularly Screven County). Here are some things to consider: How mature is the corn? In the early- to mid-vegetative stages, corn…
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Row Crop Disease Update by Bob Kemerait Plenty of disease issues to consider now. Please let me know if you have questions. To date, no soybean rust has been found this year in Georgia. To date, no southern corn rust has been found this year in Georgia. (We have found a small amount of…