Peanut
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Its been another busy week here in Tift County. Here are a few updates. Georgia Crop Update Sorghum: Early planted grain sorghum here in Tift that avoided sugar cane aphids. Reminder grain sorghum being planted now behind some of our melon production has the potential for good yields but will need to keep sugar cane…
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LPOST Spray (30-45 DAP) Most of you have already or are getting ready for your LPOST peanut spray. Here are a few recommendations that Dr. Prostko has tested for years with proven results. Also, I was in Thomas County for a peanut training a few days ago and saw a peanut field where the applicator…
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Environmental conditions continue to be favorable for the development of fungal diseases; we still have moisture and some afternoon storms and warm temperatures. Such will certainly favor the development of white mold and leaf spot on peanuts and continued spread of southern corn rust. All of our crops, and especially peanuts and cotton, are progressing…
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It’s been a busy week. Aphids are in our cotton and you may want to consider a treatment to give already stressed cotton some relief this year. Looks like the majority of peanut acreage has received some early timely sprays especially for white mold control. This is great! Keep it up! Don’t forget about leafspot…
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Peanuts have a high calcium requirement. Calcium must be available to the developing peg and pod in a water-soluble form in the pegging zone area. If you need to apply calcium (in the form of gypsum, landplaster) it needs to be applied at early flowering. Pull the sample slightly offset of the peanut row about…
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Lesser Cornstalk Borers (LCB) is one of the most damaging insects to peanuts. LCB is a caterpillar pest that bores into peanut stems, crowns, and pods. Feeding can reduce yield and directly increase the risk of aflatoxin. Right before this little period of rain showers that we are currently experiencing LCB populations were starting to…
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With very hot conditions the past few weeks and adequate rainfall and moisture right now, circumstances are right for an early white mold outbreak. You can begin your white mold program early, for example, using Priaxor at 45 DAP, perhaps even bumping the rate from 6 to 8 fl oz/A), starting the Elatus program early…
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Sharing some notes from Kemerait. Justin and I are seeing the same. Punishing hot and dry weather will increase Aspergillus crown rot in peanuts and charcoal rot in corn and soybeans. Those could be real problems this year and there is little we can do to stop it. Threat from foliar diseases of corn, soybean,…
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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…