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The 2016 Middle Georgia Peach Update is coming up soon. The meeting will be held on Groundhog Day. February 2nd at the Fort Valley Farm Bureau building on highway 49. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m and finish with lunch at 12:00 p.m.
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The unusually warm fall has had quite a few agricultural impacts. The Packer noted today that Florida strawberry volumes have really been set back by the warmth (link). The season started early, but the heat is stressing the plants, which causes a reduction in the number of berries set. I’ve also had some calls from…
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If you need to know what the immediate weather is going to be this is a good place to start. NOAA – Graphical Forecast.
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W. E. Mitchem Extension Associate Orchard and Vineyard Floor Management NC State Univ., Clemson Univ., Univ. of Georgia, Cooperating Herbicides formulations containing glufosinate are now cleared for use in stone fruit crops. For years glufosinate has been registered for non-selective postemergence (POST) weed control in apple, grape, and blueberry plantings and now those formulations of…
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Glufosinate (Rely 280, Surmise, and others) has been cleared for use in stone fruit. This has been in the works for some time and stone fruits are listed on the labels. I have pasted a link to the Rely 280 SL label below. This a very good non-selective POST herbicide option for stone fruit. It is…
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Dan Horton & Jeff Cook Friday, 24 April, freshly settled 1st nymphal stage (white cap) San Jose scale were observed on peach in an orchard on the northern side of the main central Georgia peach belt. While there were a few remaining crawlers, it was clear that most of this generation of crawlers had moved…
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Even though we’re past the average date for last frost in parts of the Southeast, it is not too late for a cold blast to move through the area. Early signs for next weekend, Saturday March 28 and Sunday March 29, show that another surge of cold air is expected to move into the area…
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