Some of northern VA growers contacted us about splitting of the trunks and cordons which became apparent in the last few weeks. Although the cold injury model showed that temperature… Read more
The cold temperature during this winter probably resulted in many trunk splitting or scarring on less winter hardy vines. I am planning to conduct a quick study on the effect… Read more
I have a feeling many of you are working on pruning right now to take an advantage of the warm weather. Please find a handout for the pruning time disease… Read more
It looks like the winter is finally over. I hope everybody is ready for the new season. We will start off our season with a vineyard meeting at Cardinal Point… Read more
Rescheduled Vineyard IPM Meeting Meets this Friday Date: Friday, March 21, 2014 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: The Nelson Center, 8445 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA Contact:… Read more
If you are pruning, and wondering whether you can protect pruning wounds from infections by trunk diseases, there is a supplemental label of Rally for control of various trunk diseases… Read more
Here are handouts from 2014 IPM meetings. IPM Practices in Vineyards (Doug Pfeiffer) Review of grape diseases symptoms and biology (Mizuho Nita) Viticulture Updates (Tremain Hatch) YAN: Its importance and… Read more
We will have two IPM workshops this week. At Ingleside vineyard (http://www.inglesidevineyards.com/) on this Thursday (the 6th). They are located in the northern neck area At Beliveau Estate (http://www.beliveauestate.com/) on… Read more
Due to the inclement weather, we decided to postpone our IPM meeting at Nelson county. I will post a new date once we come up with one. Stay warm and… Read more
Here are handouts from the MD grower association meeting, which was held last week. It was a great opportunity for me to meet our fellow growers in Maryland!! Review of… Read more