Horticulture
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I apologize for being this late in reporting what we are seeing and hearing but I have just had my internet access restored following the storm. To say the least, the effects are absolutely devastating, not just for the pecan industry, but for many communities throughout Eastern Georgia. We’ve seen a lot of hurricanes over…
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The call of the week has been concern over leaf drop, not exclusively, but primarily on ‘Desirable’. This often occurs after we go through a hot, dry period followed by rain or an increase in irrigation. Desirable is sensitive ot just about anything that can affect a pecan tree and they respond to heat/drought (yes,…
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Since late May, I’ve seen a number of trees between the ages of 2nd and 4th leaf suddenly crash. The leaves remain on the tree after turning completely brown. All of this is during the dry and hot spell. It is essentially as if something is clogging the vascular system in which the leaves starve…
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Last week, the Tri-State Meeting estimated the current Georgia crop at 130 million lbs. I don’t know if that is wrong or right. It is nearly impossible to put a number on Georgia’s crop because the calibration of its size is in such a state of flux. We have acres of trees coming into and…
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The Georgia pecan harvest is well underway and many growers are not pleased with what they’re finding. Overall the state crop is off by about 1/3 of what was expected according to many growers. The region in extreme southern Georgia and east Georgia through which Hurricane Idalia passed is suffering from a further, storm-reduced crop…
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From the information we’ve been able to gather so far, the worst damage to pecans from Idalia seems to be from the SW corner of Georgia around Bainbridge along the state line, through Thomas and Brooks counties into Valdosta, then up through Berrien/Cook/Irwin and from there over to Ware and Pierce Counties. Going North of…
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Stuarts in East Georgia have been shedding leaves for a few weeks. Initially, the reports of this were of healthy, green compound leaves. We sometimes see healthy, green leaves drop like this when the weather turns hot and dry but this was occurring back when we were still seeing cool temperatures and it seemed to…