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Dry Soil and Planting Peanut Notes No. 63 2021

Some areas of North Carolina have become so dry that soil moisture is not adequate to get a stand of peanuts without meaningful rain. Peanuts can emerge from 3.5 inches but moisture is limited in…

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Peanut Grower Magazine Jordan Column Peanut Notes No. 62 2021

In early June in the Virginia-Carolina area the two most critical pests to control are thrips and weeds. Hopefully most growers were able to get adequate suppression of thrips with systemic…

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Gypsum Applied at Planting Peanut Notes No. 61 2021

Question:would there be enough calcium for peanuts if we spread gypsum ahead of the bedder at 2500 lb?Jordan:The gypsum needs to be applied at pegging. The problem with applying gypsum now and…

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Revised Comments Rainfall Required for Herbicide Activation Peanut Notes No. 60 2021

Good morning all,I wanted to clarify the sentence I marked in red from yesterday’s article about water requirements for preemergence herbicide activation:“Some product labels are quite vague in their…

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Using Valor Peanut Notes No. 59 2021

Question:Farmer does not want to injure peanuts with Valor due to splash up when they are emerging. What is a good alternative?Jordan:There is not a good alternative to Valor because of our Palmer…

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Paraquat Applied in Cold Conditions Peanut Notes No. 58 2021

Question:With temperatures this week, is there a reason not to go ahead and spray paraquat?Jordan:I don’t think so but weeds will not grow much and peanuts might recover from paraquat burn more…

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Seed Treatments Barbara Shew Peanut Notes No. 57 2021

Question:We have been planting Bailey II’s, putting Proline in the row along with Velum and Admire Pro. Today we received some Emerys from Foundation Seed that was treated with Rancona V PD. Does…

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Water Requirements for Preemergence Herbicide Activation Mike Marshall Peanut Notes No. 56 2021

The following information on the amount of rainfall needed to activate preemergence herbicides was compiled by Dr. Mike Marshall at Clemson University.Mike Marshall Water Requirement for Preemergence…

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Dan Anco Clemson Peanut Notes No. 55 2021

Peanut acres across the state (South Carolina) are about 50% planted this week. The next couple days with nights in the 40s will bring slower growing conditions, but this should be short lived and…

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V-C Crop Report May 12 Peanut Notes No. 54 2021

The most recent crop report for the region can be found at the following link:V-C Report May 12, 2021