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Aubrey Shirley

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  • Pre-emergent Herbicide Plots at VOVRC

    Aubrey Shirley

    Here is an article by Andrew Sawyer Southeast Georgia Area Pecan Agent discussing different pre-emergent herbicides and price comparisons.

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  • How late are Stuarts?

    Aubrey Shirley

    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 interrupted and prolonged shuck split…

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  • Don’t Fail to Keep Trees Hydrated During Nut Maturity/Shuck Split.

    Aubrey Shirley

    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 track began to take a…

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  • Factors Responsible for Boll Retention/Shed in Cotton By: (John Snider, Gurpreet Virk, Ved Parkash, Joshua Lee)

    Aubrey Shirley

    I have recently had some calls about boll shed on cotton that has began cutting out. Here is a good article from the August edition of The UGA Cotton newsletter discussing aspects of why this can happen. In the last newsletter, I discussed the effects of environmental stress on physiologicalprocesses in cotton. I did so…

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  • Spray Drones- Regulations and Operational Considerations

    Aubrey Shirley

    Here is an article by Dr. Simerjeet Virk UGA Extension Precision Ag Specialist speaking about drone use in agriculture. Until now, drones have been primarily used for crop monitoring – especially scouting – in agriculture. However, with recent advancements in aerial application technology and the weather challenges limiting timely pesticide applications with ground equipment, the…

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  • Late Season Considerations

    Aubrey Shirley

    Here is an article by Lenny Wells giving some pointers for pecans going into the late season. As we enter August shell hardening is upon us for Pawnee and other varieties are only a few days to weeks behind. This means that for Pawnee we are shifting from nut sizing to kernel filling. As a…

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  • It started raining. What do we do now for peanut pests?

    Aubrey Shirley

    The July rain in South Georgia will reduce the severity of lesser cornstalk borer infestations in many fields and will at least buy us some time before spider mites become a serious concern. If the rain continues through the remainder of the season, we will likely not have to battle either of these pests over…

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