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Red redbuds and white redbuds
The redbuds are blooming along with their pale companions, the white redbuds.
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- Redbud with pretty magenta purple color
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- Redbuds and white redbuds often have blossoms on the older branches and trunks
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Grape phenology and flea beetles
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- Cayuga White
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- Concord
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- Flea beetle
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- Sunbelt
We will begin tracking growing degree days base 50 beginning on April 1st, although the grape buds are not waiting for this. Concord, Sunbelt and Cayuga White buds are the furthest along and are pictured below. I also found a few flea beetles while in the horticulture garden, so we need to be on the lookout for them.
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What’s blooming March 15
It looks like this is an earlier spring compared to last year. The Cayuga White grape buds are beginning to swell, there are blossoms on the Redhaven peaches and the Starry Magnolia is already past full bloom. Here are some pics of the different blossoms taken yesterday.
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- Apple
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- Erect Blackberry
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- Highbush Blueberry
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- Bradford Pear
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- Cayuga White Grape
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- Forsythia
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- Prunus autumnalis
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- Redhaven Peach
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- Red Maple
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- Red Maple
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- Saucer Magnolia
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- Star Magnolia
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- Yoshino Flowering Cherry
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Applying dormant oil to elderberries
Jeremy Emery, Field and Maintenance Supervisor, applied a dormant oil spray on March 15th according to John Avery’s instructions for elderberrry experiment he is working on in cooperation with researchers at the University of Missouri.
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Distillation workshop held today
The first of two distillation workshops for March was held today. The morning lecture was followed by lunch and distilling Chambourcin to learn the process and the sensory evalution to make the cuts. Limited to 12 participants, we had people from Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York.
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Berming a vineyard replant site
Jack Atcheson is berming (constructing ridges down a planting row) the rows in this replant site in the North Vineyard. The North Vineyard has shallow soil and poor internal water drainage. The berms will improve internal water drainage and will increase the amount of soil the grape vine has to root into. Berms will dry out more readily than flat ground, so irrigation is important when planting on berms.
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Blackberry pruning
Blackberries in Dr. Kaps cultivar trial are being pruned today. The old, dead floicanes that bore fruit in 2011 are removed. The lateral branches on the live canes that will bear fruit in 2012 are shortened to about 12 inches or longer. The laterals will bear the flowers and fruit.
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Tebow kicks off peach pruning
Peach pruning has just begin and is going rather well. We prune the peaches after most of the other fruit crops are done since peaches can be injured if pruned too early. A good rule of thumb is to prune the latest blooming trees first and the earliest blooming trees last in the dormant season.
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Snow!
We were all wondering if winter weather would come this year. Today it did! We already have a blanket of snow and it is still coming down as I post this.
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