The Cook County Extension Office will be checking peanuts to estimate digging dates. You can bring your peanut samples by the Cook Co Extension office or I’m set up to do it at your location. Either way, call me to do this when you are ready 229-507-8862. I have no set dates or times.
To pull a sample from a field, pick at least 3 – 4 representative locations in a field. Pull up about 4 adjacent plants (clump of 4-5 tap roots) from each location; keep the plants (clumps) from each location separate. Take one plant from one location and pull off all peanuts from that plant; then pull another plant from the next location and pull off all peanuts – continue to do this until you have at least 180 pods but no more than 220. When you reach 180, continue pulling peanuts off that plant then stop.
This chart below from UGA Peanut Team from a while back shows the importance of digging peanuts on time.
Cotton Boll Rot
Some boll rot is becoming evident. We have no effective chemical treatment for any of these boll rots. The excellent growth of much of our cotton, high humidity, and now more rain have created conditions favorable for boll rot.
Early stage of Colletotrichum boll rot with pink spore mass.