Two IPM workshops and two webinars

There are several extension activities in the next few weeks that you maybe interested in.1) IPM workshop at Early Mountain VineyardsThis will be a full day IPM workshop to cover… Read more

Handouts from 2016 VVA meeting

Here are handouts from my presentations from the VVA meeting. 1) Slides from “Interactive Grape Disease Management Workshop”2) Results from the “planning session”. Please note that this is the results… Read more

Happy New Year and Upcoming Meeting Announcements for 2016 Winter!

Upcoming meetings: A. Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia Tech will offer pruning workshops in Central/Southern Virginia (Amherst) and Northern Virginia (Winchester) this January. Beginning grape growers and experienced grape growers… Read more

It’s tempting, but it’s not the time to use pruning shears, yet.

Please see the message below from Dr. Sara Spayd, who is an extension viticulture specialist at NCSU.  The information is probably more applicable to people in the southern VA, but… Read more

Presentation and other files from Beginner’s workshop at AHS AREC

It was very nice to see you all at the beginner’s workshop held today at AHS AREC.  Here are: 1) my presentation (Google drive will open) and 2) disease management… Read more

Very late season spray options

With this week’s precipitations that we (including many meteorologists) did not anticipated last week, some of you have contacted me to seek options for the late season application, especially for… Read more

Late season downy mildew and recent rains

I have heard from several growers that they are seeing downy mildew despite the fact that they have not seen much precipitations.  It could happen because of the humidity, especially… Read more

Sour rot recap

Dr. Wayne Wilcox at Cornell University wrote an article on sour rot management on “Finger Lakes Vineyard Notes“. (The link will open a pdf file)  Please check it out.  Results… Read more

Pre-harvest disease management considerations

Now the season is wrapping up, and one of questions I get often is “when to spray what to protect your crop at the last stretch”.   Unfortunately (as with everything… Read more

Late season disease management considerations

Some of our early cultivars such as Alandale is changing it color.  It is just a matter of time to see other cultivar to enter phase of veraison.  Hopefully, we… Read more
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