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It’s been a while, but we’ve been rolling; it still is hot. Cotton: Spider mites have been the talk of late. I’ve probably fielded more spider mite calls this year than my previous years combined. Spider mites do like it hot, and it has been that. Most of the insecticides that we use for plant…
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We’re currently in the dog days of summer, and it sure feels like it. Peanuts: Nearly all of the peanuts I have been looking at are pegging, which means they are approaching peak water use. Now isn’t the time they need to water stress. With a majority of peanut acreage planted in mid to late…
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Now it’s hot Peanuts: The weather this week will be perfect for white mold on peanuts. In short rotated fields, I would likely begin white mold applications (along with leaf spot) by 45 days after planting. Everyone needs to be protecting against white mold by 60 days after planting. I haven’t seen any Lesser Cornstalk Borers…
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Here is some good information from Dr. Virk. Liquid applicators are commonly used to apply different fertilizer solutions, and similar to the sprayers, they need to be appropriately calibrated to apply the desired application rate in gallons per acre (GPA). While the calibration process for liquid fertilizer applicators is similar to the sprayers, the actual…
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It’s still raining. Corn: Southern Rust has moved across the Florida line into Georiga. It was found today in Grady and Clinch counties, so it is on the move. If you have sprayed your corn with a mixed mode of action fungicide, you should get around 3 weeks of control. We are trying to hit…
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Here are some pecan notes from Dr. Wells. This is the time of year when I begin to get asked, “What’s the Georgia crop going to be this year?”. That has always been a loaded question, and I have come to the conclusion that there’s not a lot of good found in throwing a number…
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I think we prayed a little too hard for rain. Cotton: I don’t think we had much hail damage, but there may be some that had. It looks like a lot of the bad went above us or just below us. If you did have hail on your cotton, here are some things to remember.…
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Peanuts: Insects haven’t been too bad so far. Lesser Cornstalk Borers usually start to show up in June but so far, so good. I’m sure there are a few out there; I just haven’t found them yet. Last year we had some early Tobacco Budworms, but they have been silent so far too. Thrips were…
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With the recent rains, I’ve been getting several calls about problems with peanuts. They have all been cases of Valor injury. While the peanuts may look ugly and banged up, they will bounce back. UGA has years of data showing where early Valor injury (3 oz/A and no more than 2 DAP) does not affect…
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I am hoping once this 49° morning passes, then it will be warm weather from here on. This rise and fall in soil temperature has made it difficult to make an early decision. Regan and I planted a cotton variety trial last week, and while we’ve had good emergence in it, the cool mornings have…
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