Most of us are about to see the end of critical time for berry infection by black rot, powdery mildew, and downy mildew. Please keep up as much as you… Read more
The warm May pushed our vines forward rather quickly. Many people in northern VA are about to see blooms (our 3-year old young Chardonnay vines are trace bloom), and I… Read more
I posted general “rule of thumb” about application (or re-application) earlier this season. Dr. Annemiek Schilder at Michigan State University recently published a very nice write up about it. She… Read more
Today is the one of the days when you find many things in the vineyard! Mealybugs (white one in the middle of the picture) are also observed, mainly at the… Read more
On the previous post, I mentioned that “At this time of the season, what we typically recommend is either mancozeb or captan mixed with sulfur to protect young shoots and… Read more
Winchester area received a series of rain over the weekend, and it looks like we may see more coming in the next few days. There were three days of low… Read more
Two days of intermittent rain brought a low infection risk event for Phomopsis. Also, these spring rain events can be precursor events for both downy and powdery mildew. As noted… Read more
As usual, we start our season with rains. It has been more than 13hr of wetness so far at Winchester with an average temperature of low 50s. It has accounted… Read more
We will have a vineyard meeting tomorrow (sorry for a late notice… I have been bit busy…) at Early Mountain vineyards. We will start from 11 and finish around 3. … Read more
Our 6 years old Chardonnay had 100% bud break today (4/22/2015)! Looks our our season has officially started. There has been a few email inquiries came to my inbox about… Read more