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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We are having such a nice weather lately. I think most of you are in the field preparing for the up coming season. Our Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon are breeding… Read more
I had several inquiries on the pruning wound protection in last few weeks, so, here’s some information about it. Pruning wound treatment has been discussed in different places and with… Read more