We will have this year’s first vineyard meeting on 4/27/11 at De Vault Vineyards. I will present seasonal reminder on grape disease management and Tony and/or Tremain will provide viticulture… Read more
Wheats are green, forthysias are blooming, apples have greentips, and grapes are bleeding. Well, I think spring is arriving in our area! Just a reminder that we have a series… Read more
I really enjoyed this year’s VVA meeting. There were many interesting viticulture topics discussed. Also, I was very happy to see many of you. 🙂 There will be a few… Read more
The VVA meeting will be held at Omni Hotel in Charlottesville from 2/17-19.In terms of grape disease management, there will be a variety selection topics in Thursday, and research updates… Read more
Well, I almost missed it, but we (Winchester area) had a short rain event started from Saturday night around 11:20 PM, lasted until 12:00 AM or so Sunday. Although it… Read more
Boy, it was some strong wind we experienced during a thunderstorm yesterday! I saw a few trees fell down in the downtown Winchester. That storm brought about 0.38 inches of… Read more
We received a series of thunderstorms from Friday night to Saturday morning. At Winchester, the rain started around 8:00 PM Friday night and lasted until around 9:40 AM Saturday morning. … Read more
Winchester area received an intermittent rain event from 6:00 AM to 4:00PM yesterday. The relative humidity stayed high (>90%) until 5:00PM. Thus, this event accounted for approximately 11 hours of… Read more
Winchester area received a thunderstorm starting around 7:30PM last night. It lasted only 30 min or so, but the relative humidity stayed high (>90%) until 8:00 AM today. Thus this… Read more
If you grow Concord and Noiret grape, please be advised that Revus Top (mandipropamid + difenoconazole from Syngenta) may cause phytotoxicity on these variety. The symptoms are light yellow colored… Read more