The following is from Dr. Lenny Wells, Professor of Horticulture and Extension Horticulture Specialist for pecans at the University of Georgia. We have been busy over the last week hedge pruning our orchards and research plots at the UGA Ponder Farm near Tifton. Hedge pruning generates a lot of limbs…
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Jake Price, UGA Citrus agent has some tips to help protect citrus from the cold over the next few days. The upcoming freeze events will be one of the biggest challenges faced so far by Georgia and northern Florida citrus growers. In past years we have experienced one or two…
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Here is an article by Andrew Sawyer Southeast Georgia Area Pecan Agent discussing different pre-emergent herbicides and price comparisons.
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Here is an article from Dr. Lenny Wells describing shuck split on Stuart. I’ve had a lot of calls over the last 3 weeks about Stuarts lagging behind and not opening. However, I don’t think they are actually behind as much as it seems they are. Stuart always has an…
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Luckily, Tattnall County didn’t get impacted much from Ian, however, we did need some rain that never came. Here is an article by Dr. Lenny Wells discussing late season irrigation needs on pecan trees. We were fortunate to dodge a bullet in the form of Hurricane Ian. Before the storm…
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