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During the past year we have received several calls about stickers in home lawns during the Springtime. The cause of these inconvenient stickers that prevent you from walking barefoot in the yard is a weed commonly called Burweed or Spurweed. Burweed is a winter annual weed that germinates during the early Fall months. It grows…
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For the last several years, we have planted a corn variety trial behind the Vidalia Onion test plots at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. Cliff Riner started this variety trial when corn prices were higher and there was much interest in growing corn as a double crop behind Vidalia Onions. Many onion…
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While there has been some cotton picked in Tattnall County, we still have a good bit more that will be defoliated in the next couple of weeks. Please keep these points in mind as you think about cotton defoliation. Rain in the forecast? – There is no doubt that the best weather for defoliating cotton…
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I was driving down Highway 121 today and noticed something growing on the side of the road. It had really bright yellow flowers and it looked like it had beans on it. It was not something I had noticed before so I stopped to take a look. As it turns out, this weed…
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We have been pod blasting and checking a lot of peanuts in the last couple of weeks. Very few folks in our area have started digging, but it should pick up a good bit in the next 2 weeks. Many of the peanuts around Tattnall County were planted in the 2nd and 3rd weeks of…
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As I have been out in the county I have seen some cotton fields that are not too far off from needing to be defoliated. In this post I will write about the University of Georgia recommendations for cotton-defoliation timing. Because cotton produces fruit indeterminately and not all at once we have to make some decisions…
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The University of Georgia has been monitoring for Asian Soybean Rust through a Soybean Sentinel Plot Program. Soybean plots have been planted throughout Georgia and are checked for soybean rust on a regular basis to monitor for the appearance and spread of soybean rust. Soybean rust has been found in several sentinel plots throughout Georgia.…
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