Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/1/18


Of all the states that produce peanuts, North Carolina is the only one that doesn’t use Thimet to control thrips. North Carolina State University Extension Entomologist Dr. Rick Brandenburg wonders why. “I know everybody says because it burns the peanuts. It knocks the leaves off them. I have yet to have a test plot where I’ve gotten phytotoxicity from Thimet or phorate, where I saw a reduction in yield. I’ve never seen it happen,” Brandenburg said at the 66th annual field day at the Peanut Belt Research Station in Lewiston-Woodville.

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