Dairies may get help sooner. Check dates and keep them cold to keep them safe. Black plastic helps melons mature faster. A turfgrass program, blueberry tour and tips. New Lab at Tifton.
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If we didn't have the black plastic, it would take 85 to 90 days. Acres of melons on plastic Childers farms in Crisp County, where farmers plant more watermelons than any other Georgia county. On as much as 3,500 of the 5,000 acres of melons there, growers plant their sweet crop in rows covered by black plastic. The benefits of the plastic are tremendous, and it has become extremely popular. Statewide, Georgia farmers plant about 60 percent of their 35,000 watermelon acres using black plastic.