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Peanut Maturity and Establishment of Pegs in Late August Peanut Notes No. 202 2023

Question:This year I'm looking at peanuts in Chowan County. The fields are in the Ryland area and they had pretty good luck with rainfall through most of July. Things have changed and now the…

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J Rooting, Low pH and Zinc Peanut Notes No. 201 2023

I had a question about whether or not zinc causes J rooting. It became apparent in the conversation that the J rooting was more obvious in areas with low pH soil. The and the zinc content was…

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Southern Stem Rot Peanut Notes No. 200 2023

Even though many fields are dry, it is not uncommon to see subterranean stem rot (white mold.)We also had some fields with false stem rot in 2022. If you think the disease is stem rot but the…

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Mixtures of Fungicides With Boron and Manganese Peanut Notes No. 199 2023

Question:Have you had any calls with compatibility issues with Provost Silver and dry manganese products? Also mixing a boron product with it. Company rep said he didn’t think it would be any issues…

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Water Quality and Irrigation Peanut Notes No. 198 2023

Even though we had a record crop in 2022, we had some areas last year that were dry well into September. Some growers had access to irrigation but there were relatively high levels of salts that had…

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Spider Mites and Drought-Stressed Peanuts Peanut Notes No. 197 2023

We do have active spider mite populations in areas of the state. But we also have many fields with drought-stressed peanuts that do not have spider mites. From a distance, plants may look like they…

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Heat Unit Question Peanut Notes No. 196 2023

Question:How many growing degree days have we accumulated since May 15 this year so far? Do you think peanuts are earlier than usual?Jordan:We are at 2200 since May 1 for most areas in the northeast.…

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Dry Weather and Fungicides Peanut Notes No. 195 2023

Question:We are extremely dry on 600 acres of our peanuts and other areas are in good shape. Some of another farmer’s peanuts are looking like they are dying and possibly have spider mites. What…

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Calcium and Dry Weather Peanut Notes No. 194 2023

I received an image of pods with only one kernel present. That is not uncommon in dry years OR when calcium (as gypsum) is not applied OR is applied at low rates. When we have dry years AND gypsum is…

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Valencia and Virginia Pod Maturity Bertie County Peanut Notes No. 193 2023

Billy Barrow checked pod maturity today on a few fields. The Valencia market type was 10-14 days away from optimum maturity. Virginia market types were at least 3 weeks out. Peanuts were planted the…