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Doing peanut maturity checks at Lenox Peanut Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 – 11 AM. And at office on other days but call to make sure I’m there 229-507-8862. Question keeps coming up – “are peanuts early or late this year?” I’ve been checking peanut maturity for about 3 wks and can’t say I’ve seen anything early yet. If anything, I know of some peanuts being dug around 145 days and those looked mature on the maturity board, AKA the “14 day board.” Push 12Y’s – even the mature black pods can hang on longer (longer than other varieties) and allow the brown and yellow pods to fill out more = better grades and yields. We’ve got two good peanut variety trials this year, one irrigated and one dryland. We rated the irrigated for TSWV Tuesday (9/18). Will do the same for the dryland next week as well as leaf spot ratings, white mold ratings, yield comparisons and grades of each variety. Below are Irrigated TSWV ratings. Each variety was replicated three times (R1, R2, R3).

IRR Peanut Var Trial – TSWV Ratings 9/17/24

Cotton Defoliation – Camp Hand 9/16/24

“Statewide it looks like 80s for highs and 60s for lows. Similar recipe to last week – 3-4 Dropp, 10 Folex, 32-42 Prep. On Wednesday/Thursday when the highs are closer to 90 we can probably get away with 8 oz Folex. Check recs in the production guide for PPO inhibitors – I’d probably go with 0.75 oz Reviton, same for Aim, 1.5 oz ET, or 1 oz ETX (I was informed by Wayne Brown last week that the recommended rate of ETX will now be 1 oz/acre as opposed to 0.9 oz/acre, which is what was originally recommended). If your growers decide to use a PPO inhibitor, take Folex out of the mix and make sure to use the label recommended adjuvant. “

How long to have clear weather after applying defoliants? 3 days of sunshine and blue skies after applying defoliants. 

Cotton dropping squares due to cloudy weather and rain from last week.
Velvet Bean Caterpillars sometimes turn a darker color later in the year.
Early leafspot showing up in this field. 50% or more foliage loss can be a trigger to dig.

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