Cotton
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Scout School – Dr. Phillip Roberts: “Insect scouting schools will be conducted on June 7, 2021 in Tifton and June 15, 2021 in Midville. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean. These programs offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage, natural enemies, and scouting procedures. The training will serve as an […]
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Have been seeing white-lined burrower bugs crawling around, in large numbers, a few peanut fields but mostly cotton fields with volunteer peanuts. These are not considered pests in these crops. Their populations will decrease as we enter the summer. Lots of mortality in this insect can already be seen – most likely due to lack […]
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Been seeing multiple fields with thrips (blurry pic to left-above), upwards of 3-4 per plant. Heavy feeding on the first true leaves will cause crinkling (right pic above) and heavy infestations can lead to to stunted plants/delayed maturity. Threshold for systemic foliar insecticides is 2-3 thrips per plant with immatures present. Dr. Bob K commenting: […]
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Brief diagnosis via Dr. Bob K. from a Cotton Field in Grady Co: “[In pic to left] not only is the cotton ‘falling over’ but is skippy. This becomes a math equation. Cool weather + wet weather + young ‘skippy’ cotton + young cotton ‘falling over = ??’ I know many of you are saying […]
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Articles in this month’s issue include: Temperature and early-season crop growth (John Snider, Gurpreet Virk, and Camp Hand) Protecting cotton from early-season diseases and nematodes – not quite the same as in your peanut crop (Bob Kemerait) Benghal dayflower aka Tropical spiderwort is already up! (Stanley Culpepper) Early season irrigation requirements for cotton production (Wes […]
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From the UGA Weed Science Blog: 2021 UPW Training For those who have attended UPW training, your attendance information will be posted at https://www.agr.georgia.gov/24c.aspx and available through the GREEN BUTTONS like in the picture below. Remember, it may take a few weeks after training competition before names will appear. If you or one of your applicators missed […]
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Dr. Glen Harris, UGA Extension Agronomist: Cotton Fertilizer Considerations Post Heavy Rain Requested comments on how getting a “pile” of rain can affect fertilizer plans for 2021 Georgia cotton–> The good news… I don’t think there is reason to panic…for a number of reasons: Even if you already put out your preplant N-P-K (which is […]
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Been receiving a some calls over the past few days about when to plant / planting considerations for cotton and peanuts. Our target soil temp at the 4″ soil depth is 65 degrees F. Thinking about cotton timing makes me think about disease prevention and planting out of the threat of thrips….a moving target. I […]
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: Rain forecasted for tomorrow, Saturday, across much of southern Georgia will bring cool, wet soils that are perfect for seedling diseases in cotton and peanut. So, in my opinion, best to wait. I think Dr. Monfort and Dr. Hand would agree that planting either peanut or cotton under such approaching conditions […]