Looks like we will rains throughout the week. Our chardonnay vines are about 1-2 inches shoot length, and we have been spraying mancozeb and sulfur this morning to provide protection… Read more
Our 5-yr old Chardonnay is about 50% bud break stage as of today. At this time of the year, the number-one concern is Phomopsis cane and leaf spot. They produce… Read more
Our 5-yr old Chardonnay is still in the mitten stage, only a few broke buds. At least we do not see the risk of frost in the 10-day forecast… Once… Read more
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