Our Merlot and Chardonnay hit veraison over the weekend. We placed bird netting and thinking about to spray for Botrytis, and here we received a strong storm followed with a… Read more
A rainy weekend brought our area two estimated wetness periods (19h with 73F, and 20h with 64F), plus additional 30h+ hours of high humid condition (RH>90%) (note: some of you… Read more
Thunderstorms went through yesterday in Winchester area; however, air was dry (RH<80% even during the rain), and the sun came up soon after that, thus, leaves were probably dry soon… Read more
Someone in MN lost his 40,000-square-feet lawn by a misapplication of herbicide. I think this is a good reminder for us all to read and follow the label. Read more
The second rain event on Sunday night ended up with about 10.5 hours of estimated wetness with an average of 70 F. It was infection event for Phomopsis, black rot,… Read more
It looks like we have thunderstorms every weekend! There were a few line of rains went through Winchester area, and two risk events were observed. One was on Saturday morning… Read more
Rain fall in 8-9 July resulted in 15 hours of estimated wetness event with an average temperature of 72F. It was infection event for Phomopsis, black rot, Botrytis, and downy… Read more
There were two storms on Monday and Wednesday went through Winchester area, but these were too short to count as disease events. Only potential exception is downy mildew, which can… Read more
Winchester area received precipitations from another storm that started shortly after midnight. It was approximately 8 hours of wetness with an average temperature of 68F. It was infection events for… Read more
Winchester area received a severe storm in lat Friday night, and that brought us an estimated 11 hours of wetness with an average of 68F. It was risk events for… Read more