Becky Carroll

Senior Extension Specialist, Fruits & Pecans

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OPGA 100th Anniversary celebration isn’t letting the rain stop us! Field Day at Haunai Creek Pecans has a great turnout today. Big thanks to the Savage Family for hosting! #okpecans

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@EStafne @americanpecan @okstate_ag Would have been bigger but it was 100 degrees with heat index of 108!

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Yesterday’s Oklahoma Fall Pecan Field Day was well attended. Mike Smith’s Cedar Creek Pecan Farm was a great location to discuss management techniques including nutrition and irrigation. #okpecans @americanpecan @okstate_ag

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Registration is now open to join us at Dr. Mike Smith's pecan orchard on September 19. The field day is free but we need registrations by September 15 - https://t.co/IIWHEvQV77

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During the second half of class today, the pecan management class followed up on their grafting success! Many did well! We talked irrigation in the orchard and then met at Hoffman’s pecan farm for a tour. #okpecans

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@EStafne I put a max of 35 after covid and it fills up very quickly each season. We have 35 plus 3 extension folks.

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July’s pecan management class learned about pecan weevil, budgeting, and leaf sampling. #okpecans

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Yesterday’s Pecan pest workshop featured several speakers including Dr. Mustafa Jibrin, Kelly Seuhs, Kevin Shelton, Charles Luper, Kenton Stanley, and Becky Carroll.

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@PresageAnalytic We had three different densities to view and discuss. One acre with no thinning, one acre thinned years ago and overcrowded, and another one acre plot with good spacing.

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A Native Pecan Field Day was held at Leon Bailey’s farm last Thursday. About 170 growers and landowners learned how to take a forested area and thin to make a productive grove. Tree spacing was emphasized since it is the most problematic issue with native pecan production.

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@EStafne Yes, lots of new faces!

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Yesterday’s Pecan Crop Load Thinning Demo was well attended at Hauani Creek Pecans near Madill. Many improved cultivar growers would benefit greatly from crop management this season. Another demo is scheduled for Aug 8 at 4pm at Perkins.

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@EStafne We are not seeing female flowers yet at CVRS.

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Wes Lee teaches the pecan class how to use Mesonet tools like the pecan scab advisory in their management systems. @osujwl @okstate_ag @okmesonet #okpecans

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April Pecan Management class starts with Kelly Seuhs discussing early insect pests and Charlie Graham talking pecan scab. @okstate_ag #okpecans

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@EStafne Not planting any of those evil Tupi, are you?

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2023 Pecan Management class started today! We have a full class with students from all over Oklahoma and a couple of Texans. Charlie Graham talks site selection. @okstate_ag #okpecans @americanpecan

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@keeper_orchard The Oklahoma pecans have been fooled too many times lately! Hope they slow down a bit! I’m getting reports of peaches flowering in the northern parts of the state too - March 20-25 is average.

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John Long explains New Sprayer technology to the group. Charlie Graham talked about Diseases we can expect to find in the orchard and Charles Rohla tied it all together with a presentation on IPM Principles. We had about 90 attendees today. @okstate_ag #okpecans

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Kelly Seuhs discusses Insect issues in pecans during the Pecan Pest Management Workshop this afternoon. @okstate_epp @okstate_ag #okpecans