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It’s been a beautiful scene these past couple of weeks. However, the early bloom has made it difficult to get out the delayed dormant application of oil for scale management (or at least it did for me!). As such, if you were like me and missed the delayed dormant timing, especially in blocks with chronic…
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Hi everyone, I apologize for the delay with this update. I was waiting for the last bit of chill to be seen in our regions. We just got a cold front last weekend and early this week and I thought will wait until we could finally see what we got during that time. Now, our…
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Hello everyone,In case you missed one of my production meeting presentations, I just wanted to let you all know that the bifenthrin product, Brigade 2EC, now has a supplemental label to allow its use in peaches, pome fruits, and pomegranates. In terms of how to best incorporate bifenthrin into our spray programs, I need to…
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Good evening everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that the 2023 peach guides have been updated and are now available online: https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=b1171 The physical copies have been printed. In the mean time if you have any questions before then, please let me know. ~Brett
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture is hosting a pesticide clean day in Coffee County
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It’s that time of year again. Our annual Middle Georgia Peach Update is just around the corner. The meeting is on February 7th from 10 am until we finish. We will once again be at Hebron Church this year. Topics include historical chill hours and yield, weed management, insect management as well as freeze protection…
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Hi everyone, I received the other day the program for the IFTA meeting in Grand Rapids, MI. This meeting has several general topic speakers and several peach-specific speakers that should be of interest to growers. There will also be an orchard tour stop on Tuesday focused on peaches. The current education director is trying to…
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