{"id":1724,"date":"2026-04-01T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:27:06","slug":"cook-extension-ag-updates-4-1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/2026\/04\/cook-extension-ag-updates-4-1-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook Extension Ag Updates 4\/1\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>2026 Watermelon Spray Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a GENERALIZED SEQUENCE OF A FUNGICIDE SPRAYS for watermelon.  Things change during growing season so don&#8217;t get locked into spraying exactly according to this guide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"2026 Watermelon Spray Guide.\" class=\"wp-image-1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image.png 697w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Rain Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shows how dry its been.  According to our weather station in Cook County (Georgia Automated Weather Network) located in Sparks,  we have received 4.7&#8243; rain from  Jan 1 &#8211; April 1, 2026. During same period last year we had 9.4&#8243; rain. See below:  Link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaweather.net\/?content=calculator&amp;variable=CC&amp;site=SPARKS\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaweather.net\/?content=calculator&amp;variable=CC&amp;site=SPARKS\">Sparks<\/a> weather station.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Chart showing rain deficit history. \" class=\"wp-image-1727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 665w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-2-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart below is going back to Sept 1, 2025 &#8211; April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Chart showing rain deficit history. \" class=\"wp-image-1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 641w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Flier showing Farm Bureau and Cook Community Bank Farmer Prayer Meeting Event. \" class=\"wp-image-1726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 752w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2026\/04\/image-1-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cook County Farm Bureau and Cook Community Bank are hosting  event in the Ag Meeting Room beside Cook Extension Office. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Watermelon Spray Guide This is a GENERALIZED SEQUENCE OF A FUNGICIDE SPRAYS for watermelon. Things change during growing season so don&#8217;t get locked into spraying exactly according to this guide. Rain Data This shows how dry its been. According to our weather station in Cook County (Georgia Automated Weather Network) located in Sparks, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}