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Nut Scab lesion developing on small nut I visited with UGA Plant Pathologist Tim Brenneman for a while yesterday and the early results of his fungicide trials for the year have revealed a significant finding that could be of value to your scab management program. Dr. Brenneman’s results showed that adding a surfactant to the…
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When the temperatures heat up in late May and early June, the calls begin to come in from growers who are noticing the new shoots of their young trees, which had looked so healthy, are beginning to die-back. This is a problem that is not necessarily restricted to young trees and may be triggered…
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The heavy disease pressure of 2013 left an abundance of pecan scab inoculum in the orchards just waiting for the conditions we have observed this spring. The frequent rainfall has allowed scab to explode on susceptible varieties, generating more leaf scab than has been seen in a long time throughout the state. Reports from the Albany…
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Now that we’ve had a week with no rain growers need to begin irrigating pecan trees as needed. Pecan trees need a significant amount of water (as much as 350 gal/tree/day) as they are filling the kernels in August and September. While they need good soil moisture throughout the growing season, the demand for water…
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We’re getting close to the time of year when pecan growers become concerned about spraying for pecan nut casebearer. Historically, this spray has always gone out in mid-May in the Albany area. We’ve seen many years in which high trap catches resulted in no nut damage and also years in which nut damage was visible…
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Well, its almost May in South Georgia, which means row crop fields are being prepared for planting. As farmers burn down weeds in these fields, pecans often take a hit from herbicide drift. Many farmers are in a hurry to get fields planted and this often leads to herbicide spraying under less than desirable conditions.…
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All the rain we’ve seen over the last few weeks has left many orchards with trees in standing water. How might this affect the trees? The pecan tree’s native environment is found along river-bottoms, which tend to have high water tables and a high potential for flooding. Yet, oddly, the pecan tree is sensitive to…
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