We are seeing a few leafrollers in the high tunnel raspberries again this year. We also see a few in the adjacent raspberries outside the tunnel. We just picked them off last year and unless they become more of a problem, we will do the same this year. … [Read more...] about Leafrollers in the high tunnel raspberries again
Archives for April 30, 2012
Last year we skipped several vines that had no fruit when we were havesting the West Catawba. This year we noticed several vines with no clusters. We did have some Chambourcin vines that did not have clusters either and we found that they were propagated from the same vine (which had been removed so we were not sure if it was fruitless or not). Anyway, we are tagging these … [Read more...] about Clusterless Catawbas
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +267 (+132 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+267 = 573 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