What to do when you receive a lots of rain after fungicide application?

At Winchester area, we ended up having a pretty good weekend. There were several periods with rain, but it was not as extensive as the forecast. We received about an… Read more

Another rain events in the forecast…

Our Chardonnay vines are getting close to full bloom, and of course, we are expecting more rain over the weekend. Just an another reminder that from bloom to 4-5 weeks… Read more

Quick reminder about black rot

I noticed that some of our ‘Cheloir’ vines are in trace bloom and also it has quite a bit of black rot. As I suspected, the cold rains we received… Read more

Seasonal updates and notes

1) What to do this and next weekIt looks like we have a window today for application, and after the rains over the weekend, next week looks good too. Right… Read more

Bloom time disease management considerations

Due to many rain events and relatively cold weather, it looks like we are somewhat back in truck in terms of the growth stages. When shoots are about 10-12 inches… Read more

More on Phomopsis and other disease concerns

Well, it looks like we will see more rains coming in next week or so. Sounds like a typical start of the season for VA vineyards, doesn’t it? Since most… Read more

Disease management after frost events…

Several growers contacted me recently to discuss about disease management after recent frost events. Here are my take on it. 1) If you have some damages on your shoots/buds.As usual,… Read more

Spring cold injury and insect damages…

As with many other places in the VA, we were suffering from frost damages.  We experienced several near freezing events this year, and most notably, a few hours of 25F… Read more

Early spring disease consideration: Phomopsis cane and leaf spot

Our 7-yr old Chardonnay vines are in bud swell stage, and others are tagging along.  It looks like we will see bud break in a week or two. One of… Read more

Handouts from recent IPM workshops

Thanks again for those of you who were able to attend IPM workshops.  I hope you enjoyed the meetings, and if you have any suggestions or comments, please do not… Read more
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