Cotton
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Dr. Camp Hand has a few thoughts on cotton defoliation this week… First, this week it’s gonna be cool. Once we get past Wednesday, highs hardly come out of the 60s, and lows are going to be in the 30s to 40s. As we all know, cotton growth and development are based on DD60s, with…
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Do I need to spray fungicides on my peanuts again? According to Dr. Bob, there are three different scenarios for peanut fungicide applications at the end of the fourth quarter. 3 weeks until harvest and “clean”? I wouldn’t spray. 3 weeks until harvest and spots from top to bottom and leaves dropping? I wouldn’t spray.…
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Dr. Camp Hand’s thoughts on the cotton crop and a few defoliation considerations for 2021.
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Peanuts: The topic this week has been late spot. It has been a PERFECT year for leaf spot epidemics, according to Bob Kemerait. A) we have had lots rain that enhances infection by leaf spot pathogens and spread of leaf spot diseases. B) wet weather has led to extended delays between fungicide applications and…
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It is that time of the season where people are beginning to think aboutdefoliation. Traveling across the state recently, I observed bolls opening in some of our earlier plantedcrop. It has been a tough year for many, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.It is definitely time to…
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Below is great information about the last effective bloom date for cotton from the Jeff Davis Plot Points Extension blog. Every year I get asked about late planted cotton that is still active blooming come September. Will these blooms make a boll that is harvestable? Last year I was able to participate in a multi-county…
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The Colquitt County Cooperative Extension will be hosting a Cotton Defoliation and Peanut Maturity Meeting on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at noon. This meeting will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office. Drs. Camp Hand, UGA Cotton Agronomist, and Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist, will be the keynote speakers. If you like to RSVP…
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Peanut Hull Scrape Clinics are starting September 1!!! We will be starting peanut hull scrape clinics at the Colquitt County Extension office starting September 1. If you want more information please go HERE. UGA Cotton & Peanut Research Field Day – The University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will host a research field…
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Looking ahead over the next week to 10 days, the forecast is for warmer temperatures and high humidity. This will create very favorable conditions for white mold and leaf spot on peanut- your growers must get after it in the fields. We will likely see more areolate mildew and target spot on cotton. Got areolate…
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Rain, rain , rain.. The table below shows the rainfall totals at the Sunbelt Ag Expo recorded by the UGA Weather Station from July 1 to July 22. This location has accumulated 11.27 inches of rainfall and it has rained 16 out of the last 22 days. Rain Delays and Weed Control (Prostko) Recent rains…