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  • Last Minute Items

    Jeff Cook

    It never fails that once I get dates set and food ordered something comes up and we have to improvise and make changes.

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  • 2020 Southeastern Peach, Nectarine, and Plum Pest Management and Culture Guide

    Blaauw

    I just wanted to let everyone know that the 2020 peach guides have been updated and are now available online: https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%201171_12.PDF The physical copies have been printed and will be available in the coming weeks (usually at your local grower meeting), but if you have any questions before then, please let me know. Thank you everyone,…

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  • Statewde Agricultural Disaster Assistance Meetings

    Jeff Cook

    FSA and UGA Agricultural Economics will be holding joint producer meetings throughout the state on 3 major government support programs.

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  • Drought conditions to continue in Georgia

    Dario Chavez

      As all you know, Georgia is facing drought conditions. We want to remind you that although peach trees are heading to fall/winter and fruit were harvested a long time ago, the trees still need water. The requirement of a mature tree in the peak of the season (July/August) is between 40-50 gallons/tree per day.…

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  • Update from the Field: Scale and Plum Curculio

    Blaauw

    The second large peak of San Jose scale crawler activity is right around the corner, within the next couple of weeks in middle Georgia. We’ve been collecting a few crawlers on untreated trees for a couple of weeks, but we are now starting to collect considerably higher numbers on our research trees in Fort Valley,…

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  • San Jose scale in-season management

    Blaauw

    The first large peak of San Jose scale crawler activity is right around the corner. With the heat, the crawlers have been active for a few weeks, but we are now starting to collect considerable numbers of crawlers on the double-sided tapes on our un-treated research trees in Fort Valley, GA. The increasing numbers of…

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  • Abound and Apples — Phytotoxicity Issues

    Phil Brannen

    Some of our peach producers also produce apples.  Abound fungicide has significant phyto issues on apples (see below from the label).  With my previous post on blossom blight, you can substitute Merivon or Pristine for Abound when controlling early-season green fruit rot — if you want to also use the same sprayer on apples. Merivon…

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