GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 155 (+129 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
Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang has joined us this month. He came from UC Davis in California, where he was working on the genetics of resistance to the dagger nematode in grapes. His main work here will be in grape breeding, and …
The Mid-America Strawberry Growers Conference was held yesterday and was hosted by the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station and Simpson’s Family Farm. Jim Goodson and Wayne Simpson presented information to the 53 attendees and the group visited Simpson’s Family Farm …
The first flowers in the spring are always the most exciting ones. This year the first snow crocus opened it’s flower on a sunny (yes, there were a few!) day in the middle of January. Then more appeared. Oddly only …
For the samples collected today. Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin bc 23.6 3.37 0.859 Chambourcin gdc 22.8 3.34 0.952 Catawba – West 18.4 3.12 1.282
Here are a few things we overheard this children say over the past two days. -”I’m A-Hoo-Chick to bees, but if they’re in the glass, I’m ok.” -”Where’s the King bee?” ”Are there Princesses too?” -”Wanna hear somethin’ funny? My …
These are Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon plants that we use for research purposes. pH Brix TA Norton 2.85 18.2 1.946 Cabernet 3.19 18.8 1.049 Interestingly, we also have a number of very small plants grown from seeds from a Norton …
Here are the juice analyses results (Brix or sugar, pH and TA or acid) for berry samples collected Monday, August 24. Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin bc 20.1 3.10 1.096 Chambourcin gdc 19.6 3.09 1.087 Vignoles – North Vineyard 21.4 …
Brian Cowell, Balazs Kalapos and Michal Reut, summer students working on projects in entomology and grapevine biotechnology, were stargazing by the duplex. They spotted some meteors on August 13 and enjoyed an exciting night in Mountain Grove!