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Cook Extension Ag Updates 5/22/25

My group text app “Remind” is no longer working. Until I can find another user friendly group text app, these updates will be sent only via email. Tucker Price 229-507-8862

Typical thimet leaf margin burns on Peanut – Photo by Hunt Sanders, Ben Hill Co Agent

Peanut Cracking Time – Prostko

A friendly reminder for peanut growers who need an early-postemergence treatment (aka “cracking” spray) in peanut.  Program can be tweaked according to growers preferences/needs/experiences as follows:

1) Grower can replace Ultra Blazer + Basagran (aka “Georgia Storm”) with commercial Storm 4SL @ 16 oz/A.  Storm is a pre-mix formulation of Blazer + Basagran.

2) If grower does not want to use any Ultra Blazer, can just use Basagran 4SL (8 oz/A) or Basagran 5SL (6.4 oz/A).

3) If grower does not want to use Dual Magnum, can use the following:  Anthem Flex 4SE @ 3.0 oz/A; Enversa 3ME @ 48 oz/A; Outlook 6EC @ 16 oz/A; Warrant 3ME @ 48 oz/A; or Zidua 4.17SC @ 2.5 oz/A.  Generally, I have no preference.  When using either Dual Magnum or Outlook in this mix, additional NIS (1 qt/100 gals) is not needed

Peanut germinating in wrong direction – emerges out of ground then heads back in the dirt. This can be seen when upper 1″ of soil is cooler than soil below. Photo by Tucker Price – Cook Co Agent
Seed Maggot injury to watermelon seedling. Typically seen following corn. Can be mistaken for fusarium however entire plant dies while fusarium will take out individual runners at this stage. Photo by Tucker Price – Cook Co Agent.

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