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  • Low Chill Strategies for Georgia Peach Producers

    Jeff Cook

    As we near that magical chill hour cut off date of February 15th we once again find ourselves talking about what to do about low chill.  Last season (2015 – 2016) was historically low and this season is not shaping up to be much better.

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  • What Does a Groundhog Know? About as Much as the Weather Man!

    Jeff Cook

    On February 2nd neither Beauregard Lee or Punxatawney Phil saw there shadow meaning that there would be an early spring.  Well since then we have had 110 chill hours which is more than we received in any of the past 4 years.  So where will we be on the 15th to finish out this winter.  I could make a guess…

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  • Upcoming Peach Meeting

    Jeff Cook

    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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  • Chill hours the lowest in more than a decade

    Dario Chavez

    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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  • Short Term Forecasting

    Jeff Cook

    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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  • Glufosinate Registration for Peach Expands Non-Selective POST Herbicide Options

    Dario Chavez

    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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  • Herbicide cleared for use in stone fruit

    Dario Chavez

    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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