Georgia
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Hi y’all! Aubrey Shirley in Tattnall County is doing survey to determine what scions people are interested in seeing more work on. More information is below. This is a survey for scion selection for an upcoming HLB rootstock trial that I am in the process of planning. I plan on installing around 100 to 150…
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The following is from the Georgia Department of Agriculture: We hope to again, be able to ship fresh fruit to Florida in 2025 to be packed. As in previous years, the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services will almost certainly require groves to be inspected and found free of HLB, Sweet Orange Scab, Citrus…
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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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There are two types of rust mites. The citrus rust mites (CRM) and the pink citrus rust mites (PCRM). The CRM are one of the biggest pests of citrus in our area on fresh fruit. I don’t know that I have seen the PCRM in Georgia but they are probably here. Every year CRM are…
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Good morning everyone! The entomology lab at the North Florida Research and Education Center is conducting a need assessment among extension agents, growers, and other stakeholders regarding the impact of slug and snail pests on horticulture as part of a USDA-SCRI project. This survey will help us establish the level of nuisance caused by those…