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MARKET BULLETIN – 404-656-3722 – Agr.Georgia.Gov WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 EstablishEd 1917 a CEntury of sErviCE It’s Egg strawberry candling season in classes Georgia! are back See page 16 for a online. list of locations. Learn more on page 8. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 • VOL. 104, NO. 6 • © COPYRIGHT 2021 CONSUMER ALERT: A 2017 map of periodical cicada broods Beware of pine straw scam prepared by the U.S. Forest Service (page ary 14) shows three Georgia counties being ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr er1s7 impacted by Brood X emergence: Fannin, ni v20 is warning Georgians about a scam in- A7n – Gilmer, and Union. But according to Dr. volving door-to-door sales of pine straw or 100t1h9 1 Nancy Hinkle, professor of entomology mulch. Consumers have complained about at the University of Georgia, older maps disreputable landscapers coming to their indicate that Brood X emerges as far south doors, claiming to have left-over pine straw as the Gnat Line (about to Macon). or mulch from a previous job and offering it “That’s why we want everyone to be to the consumer at a heavily discounted rate. watching and to report when they find After the consumer agrees to the rec- cicadas this spring,” Hinkle said. Email ommended number of bales, the scammer photos and location to [email protected]. lays down fewer bales than agreed upon Brood XIX emergence of 13-year cicadas in and then tells the consumer he will need 2024 will affect: to lay down an additional number of bales to cover the yard at a cost of hundreds of Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Fulton, dollars more. If the consumer refuses, the Jackson, Madison, Polk, Richmond, Walker, scammer tries to intimidate the consum- and White counties. er. Sometimes consumers give in to these (Source: U.S. Forest Service) scare tactics just to get the scammer to leave. The Attorney General’s Consumer Pro- tection Division offers the following tips to They’re baaaack! help you avoid a door-to-door landscaping scam: Brood X cicadas will raise the decibel level of spring after a 17-year hiatus • Ask to see the solicitation permit issued by the city, if applicable. By Amy Carter and East, according to Dr. Nancy Hinkle, together only every 221 years if they inhabit • Ask to see a business card and make [email protected] professor of entomology at the University of the same location,” Sanborn said. sure you get the name of the business Georgia in Athens. It is also harder for a potential predator to and the employee. The hills will be alive with more music Although the U.S. Forest Service puts synchronize to the prime, Sanborn said, giv- • Ask for the business’ website and check than usual this year. Brood X in just three north Georgia Counties ing the different species within the brood a it out. Prior to the emergence of annual cicadas, – Fannin, Gilmer and Union – Hinkle said chance to reproduce in greater numbers. • Check the Secretary of State’s website who sing without ceasing through the after- they’ve been spotted as far south as Macon. If “Pretty much anything will eat the cicadas to see if the person has a business li- noons and early evenings of summer and you hear cicadas singing all day, you’re hear- when they emerge because the cicadas have cense. fall, Brood X of the periodical cicada genus ing periodical cicadas, she said. (Crickets and lost their anti-predator behaviors. Their strat- • Check Better Business Bureau’s website Magicicada will surface again in April after katydids sing at night.) egy is to have so many animals emerge, mate, (bbb.org) to see if there are any com- spending 17 years underground. Periodical cicadas like Brood X are local- and lay eggs that the species will continue in plaints against the business. According to Dr. Allan Sanborn, profes- ized populations that emerge in large num- time regardless of the losses to predators,” he • Before someone starts the work, ask to sor of biology at Barry University in Miami bers in prime-numbered intervals. Primes are said. get the terms in writing, including the Shores, Fla., there are seven species of peri- only divisible by 1 and themselves, so waiting The number of periodical cicadas emerg- scope of the job, quantity of materials odical cicadas and 20 species of annual cica- 13 or 17 years to surface reduces competition ing in a single brood can be astronomical – as and the final price. das from the genera Neotibicen, Megatibicen, and predation from insects and other animals many as three million individuals an acre in • To be safe, say no to door-to-door solic- Diceroprocta, Neocicada and Cicadetta that whose populations peak more frequently, an old-growth forest. Female cicadas lay eggs itations and instead contact a reputable appear in Georgia. Sanborn said. in twigs and branches. After several weeks, company, perhaps one that a friend or Annual cicadas are found across the Unit- “Using a prime means you will miss young nymphs hatch and drop to the ground, neighbor recommends. ed States and all around the world, but peri- emerging with other regular cycles (of period- where they dig into the ground to feed off the If you are being harassed by a door-to- odical cicadas are found only in the eastern ical cicadas) a greater amount of the time. For liquid sucked from tree and plant roots. door salesperson, call 911. half of the U.S. through the Midwest, South example, the 13- and 17-year broods emerge See BROOD X CICADAS, page 14 In the field: Vidalia® onions By Chris Tyson onions to transition to this next phase, when Area Onion Agent and Coordinator they will need adequate water to make big Vidalia® Onion and Vegetable bulbs. Research Center One thing that sets Vidalia Onions apart from your average onion is their mild, sweet LYONS – We are just a few short weeks flavor. This is due to the climate and soil away from Vidalia® Onion harvest in April. of South Georgia, the Vidalia growing re- Our Vidalias were transplanted in the fields gion. We have very sandy soil, and sandy in November and December, each one plant- soil does not hold nutrients like sulfur very A lot happens underground in March when Vidalia ed by hand. well. It allows rainwater to leach or “wash it Onion bulbs mature ahead of April harvest. (Chris Farmers have spent the last three months out” of the root zone of onions. Sulfur gives Tyson/UGA) caring for the crop, making sure it has the onions their “hot” flavor. The absence of this water and fertilizer needed to grow. During sulfur in our soil is what gives our onions that time, the onions were growing the above their sweet, mild flavor. ground portion of the plant – the leaves. It is still a little early to tell how plentiful This is important because onions need big, the crop will be. Farmers must deal with a healthy tops with nice green leaves to grow lot of things that are out of their control – the below-ground portion of the plant that primarily the weather – but they have done we enjoy – the onion bulb. everything they can up to this point. Mother March is an important time for Vidalia Nature gets the final say. Hopefully, there Onions. This is when the bulbs begin to de- will be plenty of Vidalias to go around this velop. Warmer and longer days prompt the spring. Please deliver this paid subscription to: Agriculture Published by the Ga. Department of Black, Commissioner W. 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