Peanuts
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There has been a lot of harvesting of peanuts in Worth County this week. With this, we have been checking a lot of peanut maturity samples. Even with the heat speeding up cotton maturity, peanuts appear to be on schedule as normal. There are some dryland fields and different situations that have required peanuts to…
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Cotton/Peanut Research Field Day – September 4, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. (from Georgia Peanut & Cotton Commission press release) The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a joint research field day on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Tifton, Georgia. The field day will…
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Worth County growers, we have many thing going on this week. CORN Corn harvest has been going strong. Rain events have slowed harvest in places, but corn is coming out of the field quickly in many parts of the county. PEANUTS We began peanut maturity clinics this week at the regular locations. Plan to bring…
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Attached below is our scheduled days and times of our peanut maturity clinics with the locations. Peanut Clinic Schedule 2019
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There has been some questions about late season tropical spiderwort in peanuts getting closer to digging time. There has also been questions about this weed in corn or post harvest control for peanut rotation the next season. For current peanut production, there is not many good options this late for tropical spiderwort. Strongarm is the…
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Peanuts are growing well in Worth County, but many fields are showing heat and drought stress. Many parts of the county received some rain yesterday, and hopefully there will be more in the near future. As we face hot temperatures and dry conditions, growers need to be scouting in peanut fields for insects and pests. …
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We have been looking at peanut fields all through the county. Even though we have had some good rains, many have gotten dry recently, and irrigation is running where it can be run. Growers have been staying on a good spray schedule, but with ideal conditions, we have started seeing more white mold hits in…
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We have been dry for quite some time and this is a reminder to monitor/scout for lesser cornstalk borer. They thrive in hot and dry conditions and now is time to treat if they are present due to peanuts producing pegs and pods is a critical time. Be weary to not use a pyrethroid on…
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Field corn harvest is just about to start or will start soon depending upon the county. Growers who have annual morningglory problems might want to consider a harvest-aid application of Roundup + Aim to help dessicate the MG vines and facilitate harvesting. It is the best option we have, but not perfect. Growers should be…
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The naturally occurring aphid fungus has really started spreading in many cotton fields in the area this week. In scouting cotton fields, the fungus can be seen as gray, fuzzy aphid cadavers are observed. Aphid pressure has been high, but once that the fungus is present, the aphid population should crash within about a week. …