With the state of Georgia beginning to turn green, UGA Forage Specialist Dr. Lisa Baxter is urging producers to have patience in developing plans for spring applications. We caught up with Dr. Baxter to learn more.
Dr Baxter said, “So while the state of Georgia is certainly turning green, which is a welcome sign, it’s far from green up for the most of us. So just because it turns green doesn’t mean that we’re seeing a lot of active growth yet on our warm season perennials, like Bermuda grass and Bahia grass. So even though we’ve had some good days, you know, up in the high 80s, low 90s for some of us, it felt like we’ve got to pump the brakes on getting fertilizer put out, watching what weed control options for this time of year, and definitely for planting. It will be here before we know it.”
‘This is a great time to get your resources in line, being able to shop around and being mindful of those input costs this year, and making plans for what we need to do in another two to three weeks for some of us. But we’re not there yet,” said Baxter.
Audio Reporting by Dale Sandlin for Southeast AgNet.