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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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This photo shows green fruit rot (caused by Monilinia fructicola) on insect-damaged peaches (photo taken today from fruit collected in an ‘O’Henry’ block at the USDA research station in Byron, GA). I have never personally observed green fruit rot this early, but it does occur from time to time. If insect management has been disrupted…
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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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Today I received the first issue of The Peach News Magazine in the mail. It is really nice to see that a new avenue has been opened for sharing information to the peach growers in the Southeastern US. Please visit their site. You can sign-up for free to receive their quarterly magazine. Exciting things are…
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Do you have a need for chill hour measurements? There are a couple of online sources that you can use to calculate chill hours for your location. AgroClimate has a great graphic package that allows you to pick between two chill hour models. You can find it at https://agroclimate.org/tools/Chill-Hours-Calculator/. If you are in Georgia, the…
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Meteorologists are anxiously watching the latest blast from the Arctic, which is expected to move into the Southeast after a cold frontal passage on Wednesday. Predicted temperatures on Thursday show that it is likely that many areas of the Southeast will experience record low high temperatures and some record lows may also fall. A nice…
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