Aubrey Shirley
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Here is an article written by Dr. Lenny Wells speaking on nut curculio. You may notice some nut drop in your orchards at this time. This can occur for a number of reasons, including rainfall after a long hot,dry period and natural drop on certain varieties. One thing we are seeing at the moment is…
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I have received some calls lately about the presence of snails in some pecan orchards. Here is an article by Dr. Lenny Wells speaking on what is to be done. In recent days, we have heard several reports of snails associated with young irrigated pecan trees. They have been seen congregating on tree trunks and…
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The extreme temperatures we are seeing has growers concerned about effects on the trees and crop. These temperatures often entice growers to increase their irrigation rates over that which they would normally apply at this time of year. But, pecans do not respond to heat in the same way that we do. Pecan trees are…
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Here is post from Dr. Lenny Wells discussing the affect of heat on pecan trees. Temperatures across Georgia have increased dramatically this week following a cool spring. The thermometer has climbed above 90 every day this week and the forecast is for 96 degrees today. Each year when this happens, we begin to get leaves…
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Here is a good article by Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist speaking on Scab and spray programs. Growers get antsy this time of year and are itching to spray. However, unless you are in a very scabby location with highly susceptible cultivars, there is no reason to begin spraying at this point. We are…
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I have been riding through the county looking over some fields that have recently been planted in corn. I thought I would share some photos on what the corn is looking like. The largest corn I have seen has been around the V-5 stage. According to the UGA weather station in Glennville, GA we are…
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From Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist: The earliest predictions for the 2021 Georgia pecan crop was to be between 75 and 80 millionpounds. The top and bottom of that number would most likely be determined by scabpressure. By Thanksgiving, it appeared that the 75—80 million pound estimate would fallvery short, possibly below 50 million…
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