Vegetables
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Peanuts: Still battling vigor issues in replants. The cloudy weather isn’t helping much either. Dr. Harris says gypsum may be in short supply this year. There is a potential disruption in the supply chain from coal plants transitioning to natural gas and COVID-19. If gypsum is short we have a few options. Calcium through the…
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For those of you who utilize the H2A program, UGA has developed several Spanish resources to share with your H2A workers. Resources can be found UGA Emergency Resources A Spanish video from Dr. Diez is a great resource for H2A workers where he and his wife explain what COVID-19 is and how to protect themselves…
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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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Dr. Culpepper just released the 2020 Watermelon weed control programs.
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We have finalized our 2020 production meeting details. Meals will be provided at each meeting. The weed meeting will be a breakfast meeting and all of the others will be lunch meetings. Pesticide and CCA credits will be available. If you would like to check your pesticide credit hours you can do so by clicking…
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My livestock judging team placed 2nd at the Peach State Contest, it rained this week and Sara cooked jambalaya for supper the other night. You can say it has been a good week but the Braves were whooped, Falcons are terrible and my Bulldawgs were humiliated so I guess it balances out. Kentucky comes to…
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Its been a busy week catching up on work and school work from being at the fair last week. My livestock judging team is in the Peach State Judging contest Saturday so wish the kids good luck. Also, a big shout out to Hayden Phillips, Jay & Leigh Phillips’s daughter, for having the Reserve Grand…
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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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Well, we missed the destruction of Hurricane Dorian and the Bulldawgs won so it was a pretty decent week. While I enjoy the holiday (Labor Day) it really does seem to mess the week up. Peanuts: Maturity check still going on. Mondays at Tift Peanut Plant 2, Wednesdays at Omega Farm Supply, and Fridays at…
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Peanuts: We started checking maturity this week. Early planted April peanuts seemed to be right on target for O6s (140-144 days). Late April planted peanuts seemed a little ahead (134-137 days). The peanuts below were planted in early April and were currently 134 days old. In 10 days those yellow peanuts will mature into the…