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I have had a few questions about cracking spray treatments on peanut. Below are a few words from Dr. Eric Prostko, UGA Weed Specialist on this subject. Peanut growers should now be evaluating the success of their PRE weed control programs and deciding on the need for early postemergence or “cracking” herbicide applications. Here are…
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Dr. Wes Porter, UGA Irrigation Specialist, has provided a few tips on irrigation. As we all know we are predicted to have some extremely high temperatures over the next week or so, and are not predicted to receive any rainfall in the “long-term” forecast. He has compiled some recommendations and considerations for our three major…
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The weather forecast for Tifton and many other areas of south Georgia over the next 10 days is not great (> 85 F and < 35% chance of rain). Consequently, growers are wondering if it is a good or bad idea to irrigate cracking peanuts that received a PRE application of Valor. Growers are very…
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Next week is shaping up to be a challenging week for cotton planting, similar to late May of 2019. Remember that soil temperatures greatly influence cotton emergence, Figure 1 includes a graph from a USDA manuscript sharing the relationship of lateral cotton root development as influenced by soil temperature (McMichael and Burke, Environmental and Experimental…
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The most effective approach to minimize cotton injury from preemergence (PRE) herbicides is to place the cotton seed in moist soil where it can imbibe (absorb) clean water free of herbicides (Figure 1). Next, we need our cotton roots to “out run” the herbicide as the herbicide is moving down into the soil with rainfall…
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Kemerait and Brenneman Over the next week, temperatures in southern Georgia as expected to be near 100 degrees for several days. Such very warm conditions can bring a greater urgency to early-season disease control in the peanut crop with regards to Aspergillus crown rot and white mold. Risk to losses from these diseases can be…
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Topics this week include Tropical spiderwort, thrips, residual herbicides, pecan casebearer, and hay. Rain over the last week has presented numerous challenges for cotton and peanut producers. Currently In Colquitt County, it is estimated that 40-50 percent of cotton crop and 50-60% of the peanut crop is planted. Corn crop ranges from V3 to V10.…