After 5 nights between 16 and 22 degrees from Dec. 24-28, everything suffered from cold damage at the Citrus Variety and Rootstock Trials at JL Lomax Elementary School. This freeze event has by far been the biggest challenge that the northern Florida and southern Georgia citrus industry has faced in…
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Below are results from the harvest of the Owari rootstock trial in the fall of 2021. I added the 2019 & 2020 yields for a comparison. 2021 was the biggest yielding year to date with 20,301 lbs of fruit harvested from 60 trees. Converting our plot size to an acre…
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By: Jake Price (UGA Extension, Lowndes County, GA – ) and Dr. Kim Bowman (Rootstock geneticist, Ft. Pierce, FL – ) Purpose: Identify the best commercially-available rootstocks for ‘Owari’ satsumas, based upon effects on fruit yield, fruit quality, cold-hardiness, tree health, fruit size, and tree size. Background: In 2014, Lowndes Extension began…
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Lowndes County Extension will be hosting a Citrus Update Meeting (virtually) on February 11th @ 12PM. Josh Dawson (Fort Valley State University County Extension Agent) will moderate this event, and Jake Price (UGA County Extension Coordinator and Ag Agent) will present information on tree wraps and the results of his…
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By: Jake Price (UGA Extension, Lowndes County, GA – ) and Dr. Kim Bowman (Rootstock geneticist, Ft. Pierce, FL – ) Purpose: Identify the best commercially-available rootstocks for ‘Owari’ satsumas, based upon effects on fruit yield, fruit quality, cold-hardiness, tree health, fruit size, and tree size. Background: In 2014, Lowndes…
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