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
Winchester received a series of rains from 2:20 PM yesterday (5/22/10), and the relative humidity stayed high (>90%) until 9:20 AM. Thus, we had about 19 hours of wetness with… Read more
I thought the forecast was saying rains from Tuesday, but I guess I didn’t read it right. Now two low pressure systems are coming back to back and we are… Read more
Thank you very much for those of you came to the vineyard meeting at Horton. If you could not make to the meeting or could not receive the hand out,… Read more
We’ll have a central VA vineyard meeting tomorrow at Horton Vineyard from 11AM. Tony and I will be presenting seasonal reminders on the pest management and viticulture tips. If you… Read more