As I predicted… ;)

I was feeling uncomfortable when the rain came around 6 pm, thinking “it came too early!”, there were several rain events last night, but none of the rain did not… Read more

A chence of thunderstorm at Northern VA

It looks like a line of thunderstorm may pass northern VA tonight.  A chance of rain is 30% during the day and 60% at night.  Since the forecast is a… Read more

Dr. Rongcai Yuan

It is sad to share that a tree fruit horticulturist at Winchester AREC, Dr. Rongcai Yuan passed away 4/14/10.  For his obituary, please visit this link. Read more

A potential Phomopsis infection period observed

At Winchester, the rain started around 10:40 am Tuesday, and although it stopped during the night, the relative humidity stayed high (>90%) until 9:20 am today.  During this wet time,… Read more

Update: 70% chance of rain on this Tuesday

Now it has been changed to 70% chance of rain, starting from 11 am.  Please check your local weather.  The chances of rain in Central and Eastern VA are still… Read more

40% chance of rain on this Tuesday

Those of us in Northern Virginia will have a 40% chance of rain tomorrow (Tuesday, 4/13/10) afternoon.  The temperature expected will be in 50’s.  It will take about 7-9 hours… Read more

Notes on Phomopsis

 It seems that we will observe sunny days with 60-70F for next few days.  Hopefully, the night time temperature won’t drop too low.  Our Chardonnay vines are showing a little… Read more

Bud break!

We hit 90 F this afternoon.  This warm weather made things go little faster than we would hope.  About 50-60% of our Chardonnay and Merlot are in the stage of… Read more

A new blog by Dr. Yoder!

Our Dr. Keith Yoder just announced that he has a new blog about his disease updates on tree fruits.  If you are curious about diseases on apples, pears, and other… Read more

Rate of sulfur treatment

Tony sent out March-April issue of Viticulture Notes yesterday. Along with the newsletter, he sent my fungicide spray guideline for 2010. If you haven’t received it, please let me know… Read more
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