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Pesticides

  • May Beetles in Pecans

    During the past two weeks, I have had the experience of learning about a new predator in pecans.  I have been visiting  with a family that has young 2014 planted pecans.  This family’s discovery of a mysterious foliage feeder, has proven to be an opportunity, to educate myself and possibly others about the feeding habits…

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  • Vegetable Alerts

    I want to share several vegetable alerts that was brought to my attention by Dr. David Langston. 1.  Serious epidemic of Downy Mildew located and confirmed in Cook County.  We need to be aware of this discovery because Downy Mildew can spread rapidly and produce devastating effects.  You can identify this disease by locating very…

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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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