Disease risks from 27-28th

July 27-28th were very wet for us.  We recoded two long wetness events (8 hours and 22 hours), which were infection events for Botrytis, downy mildew, black rot, and Phomopsis. … Read more

Vineyar meeting, tomorrow at Gadino Cellars

July 24th  Gadino Cellars and Vineyard, Bill and Aleta Gadino owners. Tour Begins:  3:00pm Topics:             §  Disease Management  – Dr. Mizuho Nita, Virginia Tech Grape Pathologist §  Insects Updates… Read more

Disease risks 7/21-22

Winchester area received a short rain event on the 21st.  It only lasted a short time, but due to that relative humidity stayed high for the whole night.  (i.e., it… Read more

Disease risks 7/12-14

An extensive wetness event was recorded on 7/12-13 (~30 hours) with a temperature range of upper 60F to lower 70F.  In addition, there was about 9 hours of wetness recorded… Read more

Disease risks 7/9-11

Boy, it’s really hard to keep up with rains this year! We had about 10 hours of wetness on both 9th and 10th, and about 9 hours on the 11th… Read more

Disease risks from July 7-8th

We had about 18-19 hours of wetness event in lower 70F in July 7-8th.  It was infection risk event for black rot, downy mildew, Botrytis, and Phomopsis.  At this point,… Read more

Disease risks from yesterday and today

We (Winchester area) received a few showers in the past 24 hours, and the longest wetness event was due to a shower passed  around 5 AM this morning.  It resulted… Read more

Disease risks from this weekend

It looks like we are going to have another wet week… The rain on the 29th was a very short one, but it was enough to make leaves wet for… Read more

Downy mildew risks

I just want to remind you about the risk of downy mildew remains high this week. Downy mildew prefer to produce spores under dark and humid conditions.  We experienced a… Read more

New REI for cane work for Luna Experience

Luna Experience had a 10-day REI for cane work activities (“cane tying, turning, or girdling”,  for other activities, REI is 12 hours); however, it has been changed to 5 days… Read more
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