The SC Grower Exchange Podcast

This week, agents from around the state discuss the summer crops starting up, more recommendations for controlling diseases in strawberries, the upcoming peach crop, and much more. We also welcome a new area Horticulture agent, Briana Naumuk, and hear about some of the research at the Charleston REC from Tom Bilbo, and potential abiotic factors causing scorching and scarring on fruit and vegetable...

This week, agents from around the state discuss the Spring crop season, including peach production, strawberry updates and disease prevention, leafy greens, corn, blueberries, watermelon transplanting, and much more.

This week, agents discuss the rain and freeze damage on various fruits and what they've seen in grower's fields around the state.

This week, agents discuss the quick cold weather shift and its effect on fruit and vegetable production. Matt Cutulle and Brian Ward also join to discuss weed science in the coastal region. Be sure to also check out the blog this week with detailed field reports from around the state.

This week, agents from around the state discuss the effects of February’s above-average temperatures, fungicide rotation recommendations, field samples from local growers, scouting for spider mites in strawberries, and much more.

Tune in this week to hear Sarah, Justin, Zack, and Bruce discuss chill hours for peaches, tips for the upcoming strawberry crop, and more. Dr. Tom Bilbo, Clemson Research & Extension Specialist for Vegetable & Strawberry Entomology, also joins the podcast to talk about what he's working on and seeing out in the field.

The SC Grower Exchange Podcast is back for 2023! Tune in this week to hear Sarah, Zack, Rob and Philip discuss a relatively new disease of strawberries for SC, neopestalotiopsis, as well as field conditions following a rainy week around the state. 

With Thanksgiving around the corner, collards, turnip greens, kale, and brassicas look good across the state. Agents also discuss the cooler weather, citrus growing, their green of choice for Thanksgiving, and more.

This week, agents from around the state give early November crop updates.

This week, agents discuss the cooler weather around the state, strawberry plantings, tips for low-potassium soil, robotics for weed control, and much more.

This week, agents provide field updates with regard to Hurricane Ian's impact on fall crops and discuss spray management, irrigation schedules, and more.

Fall crops are here, and agents from around the state give updates from the field. Gilbert Miller also joins to talk about his role as an Extension Vegetable Specialist at the Edisto Research and Education Center, pumpkin production in the midlands, and much more.

This week, agents give field updates on the mid-August fruit and vegetable crop. Peach season has begun to wrap up, and agents discuss Fall season crops including pecans, muscadines, butterbeans, okra, and more. Be sure to register for Clemson & UGA Extension's Joint Strawberry Preplant Meeting on scgrower.com

It's the dog days of summer, and crops across the state are feeling the heat. Agents give some quick updates on the recent weather and the approaching end of the summer season. Don't forget to register for the Clemson & UGA Extension Joint Strawberry Preplant Meeting at scgrower.com.

This week, Kevin Burkett from Clemson Extension's Agribusiness Team joins to discuss the work and projects his team provides. Agents also give field crop updates regarding peach varieties, trials with grafted peppers, diseases in cucurbits, and last week's Watermelon Field Day.

Tune in this week for a quick field update from agents around the state. Summer fruit and vegetable production is in full swing, and preparation for fall crops will begin soon.

The mid-June field updates are in, and agents from around the state discuss diseases currently being found in summer fruit and vegetable crops, the impacts of recent weather, herbicide carryover issues in soil, and more.

Agents give field updates from around the state for the beginning of June, discussing wilt in tomatoes, staying vigilant on field checks with variable weather, and much more.

Agents from around the state give field updates on late May fruit and vegetable crops. Agents also discuss how the warm and dry weather has impacted crops, pest and disease spread, and the potential for more rain this week.

This week, Sarah and Rob give updates on the current peach, strawberry, and blueberry crops. Dr. Matt Cutulle also joins to discuss spring weed control.

Agents from around the state discuss the effects of the inconsistent spring weather and the soon-to-be-planted summer crops. Guinn Wallover also joins the call this week to discuss her role as a Water Resources Extension Agent for the coastal district, and how she helps growers, communities, and municipalities with water resource management.

This week, agents discuss the extent of cold-weather damage from earlier this month on the peach, strawberry, and vegetable crops around the state.

This week, agents from around the state assess damage from the previous weekend's freezing temperatures. Fruit trees and berries are likely to sustain damage at these temperatures and time will tell to what extent. Dr. Juan Carlos Melgar joins in to tell us how cold weather can cause damage to a crop. 

This week, agents discuss late February weather changes, tissue testing the upcoming Lowcountry strawberry crop, Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, and spraying and pruning peaches around the upstate.

Bruce McLean hosts Clemson, Georgia, and NC State Extension agents from across the southeast to talk about small fruit production. Gerard Krewer, Mark Hoffmann, Karen Blaedow, and Andy Rollins present on blueberry, blackberry, muscadine, and bunch grape production for 2022.