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Pod Maturity Clinics in Virginia Maria Balota Peanut Notes No. 192 2023

September 21st at the VCE office in Emporia contact Sara Rutherford, sriggan@vt.edu .Surry’s at Farmers United on Wednesday September 13th at 8 am, contact Elizabeth Cooper, elizp16@vt.eduMonday…

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Low Temperatures Weekend of September 23-24 Peanut Notes No. 225 2022

I checked weather stations this morning in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The following locations had lows on September 23 and 24 below 50 F (range of 42-49): Waverly and Suffolk,…

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Pod Maturity at Whiteville Peanut Notes No. 213 2022

The images linked below are from Whiteville, NC. Peanuts were planted May 5 and in general received good rainfall from June until now.Whiteville Maturity 2022

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Pod Maturity at Lewiston Peanut Notes No. 212 2022

The following images are for peanuts planted May 5 with pods collected September 9 and the blasted September 10.May 5 at Lewiston Images on September 10

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Pitt County Pod Maturity Mitch Smith Peanut Notes No. 205 2022

Mitch provided information from maturity clinics this past week. In addition to what he provided in his summary, he also indicated that there was little to no damage from southern corn rootworm. He…

A sample of mature pods on a chart that denotes how to tell maturity levels in peanut.

Mitch Smith Pod Maturity Peanut Notes No. 197 2022

The following samples were provided by Mitch Smith. They point to optimum maturity in about 3 weeks. It is difficult to determine just when these fields will reach optimum maturity because conditions…

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Anco Clemson Pod Maturity and Disease Peanut Notes No. 196 2022

MaturityA song of varying peanut maturity plays on, and its chorus is the value of pod blasting. Some Bailey 2 samples near Calhoun 131 days of age were ~76% OBB, with others near 124 days showing 77…

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Pod Maturity in NC Peanut Notes No. 193 2022

My samples from Whiteville and Lewiston suggest the crop may be early this year compared with 2021. We will have a better feel for this during the first week of September. Maria Balota sampled…

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Changes in Pod Maturity Peanut Notes No. 220 2020

The following images and data show how pod maturity progresses when temperatures are relatively warm (see Whiteville data from September 1 to 15) and how cooler temperatures and daily low…

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Cool Temperatures, Pod Maturity and Digging Peanut Notes No. 217 2020

The projected cooling of temperatures this coming week will increase the anxiety of deciding when to dig peanuts this fall. Our rule of thumb is that when temperatures are in the high 40s for two…