Fruit
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While I was taking breaks from studying the weather and reading about the coronavirus, I found a few interesting stories to share with you. Here they are, in no particular order. Time: 10 Pioneer-era Apple Types, Thought Extinct, Found in Forgotten Orchards Across Pacific Northwest Forbes: A New Normal: How Private Sector Meteorologists Are Adjusting…
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Another story from Vegetable and Specialty Crop News this week discusses the pecan crop for 2020. The trees are blooming 2-3 weeks early due to the warm weather, and there are many catkins on the trees, indicating that the pollen from the male flowers will be available once the female flower start blooming. Rainy conditions…
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I’ve been getting questions about the peaches this year, so this is a timely article about the peach season in Alabama and Georgia. While we had a warm winter, most varieties of peaches appear to have gotten enough chill hours to make a good crop, according to an article today in Vegetable and Specialty Crop…
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The National Ag Statistics Service produces frequent reports on crop conditions and planting progress around each state. In winter the reports only come out once a month, but during the growing season they come out weekly. They are based on information sent in by Extension agents around each state, and are used for a variety…
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It would not be surprising to hear that the warm and dry winter has caused problems for Florida peaches this year, but apparently this is not the case. Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week that said that Florida peaches were ahead of normal this year and that many are being harvested.…
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week on delays in planting watermelons due to wet soils in south Georgia. Some areas are almost three weeks behind due to the excessive rainfall in February and early March. If the producers have to wait too long to plant, the melons may not be ready…
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The warm and wet weather we’ve had over the winter has had some impacts on blueberries across the region, according to this recent article by Clint Thompson in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. The excessive rain may lead to increases in disease pressure as the rain helps move root-rot spores around the fields. The rain…