Pecans
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We’ve been doing a lot of pecan pruning around the county these past few months. We want to get this done in January and February. I wanted to show these pictures as an example of how far back we want to cut these 3-year-old trees. It looks like a lot, but it’s important to understand…
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I was out with Mr. Larry Gibbs yesterday, and he and I made some ambrosia beetle traps to monitor ambrosia beetles for his young pecans. With the loss of young pecans two and three year ago from AAB, UGA Entomologist Dr. Will Hudson advises growers to place traps to monitor their first flight. AAB live all…
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Thanks so much to Doug Harvey letting us come to the farm and watch this pruning demonstration by Dr. Wells. Thanks to all who attended the meeting. I thought I’d share these photos with some of the methods we learned yesterday:
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It’s been a pecan week this week! We had a good meeting followed by an awesome pruning training. We wanted to do this a few weeks ago, but cold weather got us. We still had a good number of folks that wanted to see Dr. Wells destroy these 3-year-old Ellis trees. Dr. Lenny Wells had a…
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We had a wonderful pecan meeting yesterday in Pineview. We got to hear from the UGA Pecan Team, and eat some great food. A couple of years ago Dr. Lenny Wells posted a short discussion of why pecans need a pollinator. Dr. Wells showed us this slide yesterday and says he gets many questions about the best pollinator to choose…
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Tomorrow’s Pecan Pruning Clinic has been POSTPONED due to the freezing temperatures predicted tomorrow. The Pecan Production Meeting is still scheduled for Jan 31st at 12:00 in Pineview. We will hold the Pecan Pruning Clinic the SAME DAY FOLLOWING the pecan meeting. Don’t forget to call the office if you plan to attend the meeting…
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We have a wonderful opportunity to look at some 3 year old Ellis pecan trees that need to be pruned. Thanks to Doug Harvey for allowing us out to the orchard. Doug and I looked at the trees last week to determine how they needed to be pruned. Thanks to UGA Extension Horticulturalist Dr. Lenny…
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Last week, I was asked about why some 6 year old Stuart and Desirable pecans may not open. There are always some odd issues we see each season, and most of them are induced by a pest or environmental issue months prior. Earlier this year, UGA Pecan Horticulturalist Dr. Lenny Wells hinted that we could…
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I was asked what could almost perfectly cut a branch of a young pecan tree. Looking at the trees and where they are planted, we thought about wildlife – deer. This is right on the Ocmulgee too, so they are everywhere. It turns out that it is insect damage. It’s the first time I’ve seen…
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We’re right in the middle of pecan harvest in what looks to be a pretty good year for our pecan crop. Southwest Georgia has had issues with Asian Ambrosia Beetles (AAB) the last few years, and some growers painted the bark of young trees in an effort to stop the beetle. Stressed trees five years…
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