To date, last week we have shoot thinned the West Catawba vineyard and removed fruit from low pruning weight or small vines. This week we have shoot and cluster thinned the MVEC Chambourcin rows and have shoot thinned the Seyval blanc. We will wait until fruit set to cluster thin the Seyval. Today, we began to shoot thin the Cayuga White. There is still plenty to do next week! … [Read more...] about Grape canopy management
Archives for May 13, 2011
Today we were planting vegetables in the annual side of the high tunnel. We are just completing construction on the tunnel, and ideally we would have planted the vegetables earlier to get a boost on the season. This year we are going to figure out the tomato trellising system, set up the irrigation and plan on crop rotation. Next year, with our completed tunnel, we will put the … [Read more...] about Veggies in the high tunnel
Here is a photo of grape phompsis fungal disease on Vidal Blanc grapevines in our vineyard. This disease is fostered by wet weather. … [Read more...] about Phomopsis on grape
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 403 (+124 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Dr. Kaps and his crew ridged up the strawberry beds yesterday in order to get ready to plant. The strawberries will be planted in narrow ribbon rows this year. … [Read more...] about Ridging up the strawberry beds