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  • Tree Planting Video

    I’ve had lots of requests for a video on planting pecan trees, so here it is: Pecan Tree Planting video A few comments: I apologize for the short amount of time some of the text appears on the screen. This is a result of my poor video editing skills. But, I think the video will…

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  • Bark Shedding

    Every year I receive calls regarding trees in which the bark sheds for no apparent reason. This understandably creates great alarm among growers. I see it most often on Desirable but it can occur on other cultivars as well. Usually the outer bark layer sloughs off  exposing the inner bark layer, which has a brown…

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  • 2020 Pecan Spray Guides

    Our 2020 Pecan Spray Guides are now available at the link below: https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%20841_8.PDF

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  • Fire Ants in Pecan Orchards

    The recent wet, unseasonably warm weather has lots of insects on the move. Most of them don’t matter much to pecan growers, but fire ants can be a different story. That’s especially true if the ants build their mounds inside the guards used to protect young trees from herbicide applications. Filling the tubes with dirt…

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  • 2020 UGA Pecan County Extension Meeting Dates

    Please see below the dates of the upcoming county meetings we have scheduled so far: Jan 21     Tattnall County Feb 3      Crisp County Feb 4      Grady County Feb 6      Peach County Feb 11     Cook County Feb 12     Mitchell County Feb 18      Appling County Feb…

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  • Twig Girdler Damage on Young Trees

    Growers with young trees may come across this situation in small blocks or trees near woods. We came across some twig girdlers in Washington County last month that appears more like a tall deer bit off every single branch. The broken branches were laying on the ground at the base of the tree. This damage…

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  • This year’s harvest season is progressing and growers are seeing a problem with many early varieties exhibiting problems with green shuck stick-tights. As growers shake trees many green nuts are falling out still in unopened green shucks. This has been especially noticeable in Pawnee and Oconee, although we have observed it on other varieties as…

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