Although our bud break was about two weeks behind of a typical year, the wet and hot May pushed our vines forward rather quickly. Many people in northern VA are… Read more
I have added more information to the yesterday’s post. Please check it out. Options against current rainy condition. Read more
As if almost a week of thunderstorms and rains was not enough, it looks like we are expecting even more rain in the coming week. Hopefully, you had a good… Read more
Bud break for our younger (2-3 years old) Chardonnay happened around 4/20/2018, and for older Chardonnay, it was the last weekend, (4/27/2018). Looks like we are about 1-2 weeks behind… Read more
Our Chardonnay and some of the hybrid vines are in bud swell stage as of this week, and others are tagging along. It looks like we will see bud break… Read more
Thank you for who attended NJ’s “Grape Expectations” meeting two weeks ago. (I think it is a very cool name for an Extension meeting.) Sorry for not able to post… Read more
Here are slides from my student’s presentations. The link will open a PDF file on Google Drive. Please note that many of data presented here are still preliminary and we… Read more
Thank you again for those of you attended one of my sessions. Here are links to my presentations. It will open PDF files on Google Drive. 1) Interactive grape disease… Read more
The label of Presidio has been changed, and unfortunately, the grape was removed from the list of hosts. This means that we no longer able to purchase Presidio to control… Read more
Here’s this year’s handout for pruning time disease considerations (this link opens Google Drive with this year’s recommendation for trunk disease management). As I noted in this handout, the first line… Read more