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August 2023

  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 10:00 am.  The meeting will be held at Hal and Colby Cromley’s Farm located at 10137 Brooklet-Denmark Road, Brooklet, GA 30415. We will meet at their shop. GPS Coordinates:  32.376719, -81.674778 Dr. Bob Kemerait – Extension Plant Pathologist, Dr. Eric Prostko – Extension Weed…

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  • Target Spot in Cotton

    I identified target spot in an irrigated cotton field Friday afternoon (August 11) in the county that was in the fourth week of bloom. Recent rain events, high humidity and good cotton growth is ideal for it and areolate mildew to start showing up. Be sure to scout your cotton for target spot (Figure 1…

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  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 10:00 am.  The meeting will be held at Hal and Colby Cromley’s Farm located at 10137 Brooklet-Denmark Road, Brooklet, GA 30415. We will meet at their shop. GPS Coordinates:  32.376719, -81.674778 Dr. Bob Kemerait – Extension Plant Pathologist, Dr. Eric Prostko – Extension Weed…

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  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 10:00 am.  The meeting will be held at Hal and Colby Cromley’s Farm located at 10137 Brooklet-Denmark Road, Brooklet, GA 30415. We will meet at their shop. GPS Coordinates:  32.376719, -81.674778 Dr. Bob Kemerait – Extension Plant Pathologist, Dr. Eric Prostko – Extension Weed…

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  • Cotton: I saw some areolate mildew in cotton at 5th week of bloom yesterday in Bulloch County (Figure 1). The best management of areolate mildew is with judicious and timely fungicide applications. Cotton can be effected by areolate mildew until within four weeks of defoliation. When defoliation reaches 25% or so – the chances of…

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  • Please click HERE to view flyer in regard to the annual Midville Field Day scheduled for August 9, 2023 at 9:00 am. Information for registering is included on flyer.

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