Pecan
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Its that time again. We’re still not at the office but we have been out and about. The storm got a little rough Monday morning. The tornado in Brookfield was about 1/2 mile north of my parent’s house. We are still on teleworking, meaning that the office is still closed to the public. If you…
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The theme of hot and dry for this year continues. No rain is in sight. The Dawgs are off this weekend. Peanuts: I know you have to plan ahead and around other crops but I think we’ve been pulling the trigger a little too soon on some fields. Grades have dropped a little. Talking with Dr.…
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Dr. Lenny Wells has some good information on leaf scorch and water usage for pecans right now. Some of the questions we have been getting about leaf scorch has turned out to be anthracnose. Dr. Wells has some good pictures on his blog to show the difference. Natural senescence has been spotted over the last…
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I worked in the rain this week for the first time in a long time. We even got a few drops in Brookfield. Scott and I took Dr. Emran Ali (Molecular Biologist) around the county collecting water samples for Phytophthora research. He still needs samples if you would like to have your pond tested, just…
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I saw a post on Facebook this week that said: “if you want to know what it feels like in Georgia, take a hot shower, don’t dry off, and put all your clothes on.” That is about as truthful as it gets. Pecans: Its time to crank up the irrigation in pecans orchards as shell hardening…
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Only one post this week because we’ve been running like scalded dogs. Here is the update Peanuts: Lesser Cornstalk Borers (LCB) have been abundant this year along with foliage feeders. We have been getting good knockdown results with Prevathon and Diamond on LCB but the weather keeps springing them back up. I would recommend against…
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This article is from Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Extension Pecan Specialist. I think this a good and timely article by Dr. Wells as we have had several calls regarding pecan die back. Over the last week I have had at least 5 separate calls from different parts of the state regarding trees–usually in the range…
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Most pecan growers in Georgia have been stretching out their scab sprays over the last several weeks since we have been hot and dry with no rain at all for about a month now. In the absence of any scab pressure, this was the right thing to do but when you stretch your sprays out…
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We averaged about a 1.5 in. of rain across the county this week. From what I’ve seen, pigweeds have been a little harder to control in conventional cotton but strip-till cotton has seemed to be a leg up on the pigweed fight this year. Riding around it looks like we still have a bunch of…