Disease risk from Monday

Rain on this Monday resulted in 10 hours of wetness with an average temperature of 62F.  It was warm and long enough for both downy mildew and Botrytis.  Once again, downy mildew risk is for leaves only.  Risk of Botrytis depends on your variety, cluster architecture, and canopy management too.  Most of varieties still hanging are red (with some exceptions, of course), which has lower risk of Botrytis.  Also, if you have an open canopy, the risk are lower too.

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