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Cotton

  • Tarnished Plant Bugs

            During the last few weeks, I’ve had several questions and calls concerning Tarnished Plant Bugs.   The plant bug builds it’s population in alternate hosts, such as ditches, edge of woods, etc…  In general, bug numbers are up so we should be aware of  their potential presence in cotton.  The increased…

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  • Tobacco Budworm Corn Earworm I will provide weekly updates to you related to our pheromone trap captures.  Of course, as we would expect, this week’s numbers are very low.  But we can watch the progression throughout the growing season and possibly anticipate required sprays based on counts.  Please click on the link below for further…

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  • I wanted to share water requirement information, provided in the following chart, and demonstrate the importance of water/irrigation during squaring.  Dr. Guy Collins and Dr. Jared Whitaker (UGA agronomist) have provided weekly water requirements for cotton.  The first chart recommends 1″ of water per week, during the first three weeks of squaring.  Although, this is…

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  • Cotton – PGRs

    At this point, much of the earlier planted cotton is squaring and it is time to consider our options and  begin applying plant growth regulators (PGRs).  I want to share information related to the timing of these applications and various strategies we can use with PGRs.  First, recalling our objective with the application of PGRs…

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  • I wanted to make you aware of various research plots and insect monitoring the the Brooks County Extension office is conducting and/or participating in.  I hope the work and eventual results from these tests will provide information that is useful and applicable to Brooks County producers.  The final results obtained from the variety, performance, and…

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  • Thrips in Cotton

    I’m sure by now, everybody has found thrips and thrips damage everywhere. We are all aware what a serious pest thrips can be in our cotton and that it is a given, with the loss of Temik, that we are going to have to follow our current seed treatments with foliar sprays.  I first spotted…

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  • Many of you know by now that Counter has received a Section 18 Label for cotton in Georgia.  With the cotton acreage that is left to plant and with the occurrence of replants, many growers are interested in the application of this systemic insecticide-nematicide product. Although, we are glad to have a nematicide option we do…

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