Lenny Wells
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This has been about as dry a fall as we have ever seen. Normally, after shaking this time of year, we don’t worry too much about water. Trees are dormant or nearly dormant and irrigation systems in Georgia have been turned off until spring. Many of them have already been winterized. But, with subsoil moisture…
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We have nearly reached November and so far, the pecan harvest has been disappointing for most producers. The issues (light loads, pops, and stick-tights) we were seeing for early varieties like Pawnee, Creek, and Oconee have continued into our mid season and later varieties. Most growers are reporting a lot of B grade nuts blown…
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The pecan harvest season is underway and so far, the Pawnee harvest has been light . Even where trees appeared to have a good crop load, the wagons are weighing light with a fair amount of stick-tights and pops blowing out at the cleaning plants. This has been a common occurrence throughout much of Georgia.…
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Georgia has been inundated with rain over the last week. This came at a time in which the shells of many varieties are at shell hardening. As a result of that I would expect to see nuts hitting the ground over the next week or two as a result of water stage fruit split. This…
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I’ve had many phone calls over the last couple weeks regarding the scab development on pecans in well sprayed orchards. Having been on the Miravis Top/Dodine-Tin rotation since June, growers are asking what they need to spray to stop it. In most cases, the problem we are facing is not that the fungicides don’t work.…
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A note from UGA Pecan Breeder Dr. Patrick Conner on a recent observation of scab on ‘Avalon’: ‘Avalon’ pecan was released in 2016 because of its high yields, good nut quality and excellent scab resistance in trial orchards. In the last five years ‘Avalon’ has become a widely planted pecan cultivar in Georgia and is…
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We’re seeing some nut drop out there at the moment across multiple varieties. Pawnee is quite noticeable but this is not unusual. Most of what we are seeing is a natural drop and is known as the “third drop”. It typically begins just before rapid fruit expansion (abt 55 days after pollination) and is considered…
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