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With the relatively warm spring weather we have been having, the first large peak of San Jose scale crawler activity is likely going to be a few of weeks this year compared to last year. I expect the first peak of activity to occur within approximately 5-7 days from now in Fort Valley, GA. Following…
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Guido Schnabel, Brett Blaauw and Phil Brannen Late frost has hurt many varieties in South Carolina and Georgia this year. The varieties that escaped the frost, the late bloomers with high chill requirements, still may have fruit and will probably go on a regular spray program, even if chill requirements were not met and a…
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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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