{"id":77,"date":"2018-04-23T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T12:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/?p=77"},"modified":"2018-04-23T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:05:12","slug":"planting-peanuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/2018\/04\/planting-peanuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Peanuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Should We Plant Peanuts?<\/h2>\n

By Andrew Sawyer Wilcox County<\/h4>\n
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Apr 23, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

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On this day (April 17th) last year, UGA researchers started planting their plots in Tifton. As a matter of fact, many were \u00a0planting in GA. Many growers are on \u2018go\u2019 now and ready to start, but we\u2019re seeing lots of daily fluctuation in our soil temperature. This is NOT good for peanuts.<\/p>\n

The standard UGA recommendation for planting peanuts is when the AVERAGE DAILY soil temperature is 68 degrees for 3 STRAIGHT DAYS with a WARMING TREND following.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reason we need that consistent soil temperature is that large fluctuations \u00a0\u2018shock\u2019 peanut seedlings in the soil.\u00a0It generally takes a week for seeds to emerge this time of year, and it\u2019s hard to forecast weather further than a week as well.<\/em>\u00a0So we need to look closely at soil temperatures. This can lead to serious emergence issues.<\/p>\n

At 3:00 today, the soil temperature at the 2\u201d depth in Vienna was 78.9 F. That is very high for night time temperatures in the low 50s.<\/p>\n

Visit the\u00a0Georgia Weather Station<\/a>\u00a0to check soil temperatures. Remember, it\u2019s not the \u2018current\u2019 but the \u2018daily average.\u2019<\/p>\n

We\u2019re coming out of this cold front now, and that alone is enough for us to put on the brakes. It\u2019s supposed to hit 87 tomorrow which will really warm up our soils. But look at the high \u00a0again for Monday: 66. Thursday and Friday lows are in the upper 40s. This is what is risky for peanuts.<\/p>\n

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UGA Extension Agronomist Dr. Scott Tubbs reminds us that when we hit 40s at night, this really affects our soil temperature and puts us back into a fluctuation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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