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October is one of the best times of year to plant in southeast Georgia because it allows for the plants to get established before the cold weather slows the growth. When planting small grains like rye, wheat, and oats try to shoot for a planting depth of one to one and a half inches deep,…
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The United States Department of Agriculture is now taking applications for support payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Phase 2 (CFAP 2). Applications can be filed online or in person at your local Farm Service Agency office starting on September the 21, 2020 and the deadline is December 11, 2020. Farmers.gov Main Overview Page…
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Cotton bolls are opening up so it is time to start making defoliation decisions. I have seen a few fields that have already been sprayed and a lot of cotton that is ready to spray. When making defoliation decisions there are 3 methods we use together to help us know when it is ready for…
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It is almost harvest time for peanuts in Southeast Georgia. When checking peanuts for maturity we use a method called peanut blasting. This method uses a pressure washer with a rotating tip to “blast” the outer layer of the peanut shell off the nuts to reveal different colors to indicate maturity. The blasted peanuts are…
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Cotton The frequent rains and foggy mornings we have had in the past few weeks have created the perfect conditions for boll rot in cotton fields. There are four kinds of boll rot that have been confirmed in Georgia this season. The four rots are diplodia, colletotrichum, bacterial, and phytopthra. I have seen mostly colletotrichum…
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I have noticed in the past few weeks that stemphylium leaf spot is showing up in lots of the cotton fields around Evans County. Stemphylium leaf spot is a fungal pathogen caused by a deficiency in potassium that can be brought on by low fertility, drought, or a heavy boll load. Stemphylium usually starts as…
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The annual Midville Field Day will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19. The field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. via zoom on Wednesday August 12, 2020. You can receive two hours of pesticide CEU credits by attending the virtual field day. Attendees must pre-register before 9:30 am on the morning of the…
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August is here and it is time to start preparing for a Fall garden. It is still extremely hot this time of year in Georgia, but Fall will be here before you know it and with it will come Fall planting season. Now is the time to terminate the remains of the old garden crop…
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Are any of you noticing brown spots in your bermudagrass hay fields? If so, you probably have some damage that has been caused by a bermudagrass stem maggot. The BSM bores into the pseudostem, the stem-like structure made up of leaf sheathes, where it feeds on the sap. This feeding cuts off water and sap…
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I have scouted several corn fields recently, and I noticed many of them are starting to reach physical maturity. This brings about the question, “When is it the time to stop irrigating corn?” A good way to way to determine how much longer you need to water is to look at an ear of corn…