Freeze/Frost Protection
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Hey y’all, It looks like we are going to get some cold weather next week. Right now, the forecast here in Tifton is showing temperatures being down in the low 30s early next week. I’m seeing other places are expected to drop down into the upper 20s. We’ve had a lot of warm weather here…
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Last fall the Owari satsuma trees at J.L. Lomax produced a tremendous amount of soft fruit that became puffy very quickly. Category 2 hurricane Helene may have contributed to the fruit quality being so bad last year. With all the fruit soft and of low quality we only harvested fruit from 12 of the 60…
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By: Jake Price, Mary Sutton, Doug Collins, Jacob Kalina, Josh Dawson, Holly Anderson, Michasia Dowdy, Sara Curry, Ben Reeves, Tucker Price, Justin Shealey, and Sydni Ingram The Tango Rootstock trial has been through some environmental challenges but it is going strong! The Tangos, planted on 10 different rootstocks with 9 repetitions in 2020, endured an…
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Hi folks, It looks like we have a very cold week ahead of us. As of right now, it’s looking like we will have temperatures in the low 20s, possibly the upper teens, and maybe even snow in some parts of South Georgia. I wanted to reshare some resources for keeping your citrus as safe…
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Happy New Year! It looks like the New Year is bringing us some cold weather this week. As of right now, it’s looking like temperatures will drop into the upper 20s for a few hours a couple nights this week and stay in the high 30s and low 40s during the day. Please keep an…