GDD base 50 accumulation for today = 1175 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 Photos and stages will be uploaded in the next week. … [Read more...]
The field crew began harvesting some of the early ripening blueberry cultivars this week. … [Read more...]
GDD base 50 accumulation for June 4 = 1006 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 Grape phenology was recorded yesterday. Photos and stages will be uploaded in the next two weeks. … [Read more...]
While the crew was thinning the pears today, Randy detected something wrong with some of the fruit. The fruit had something orange and white growing on it. With further research and inspection it appears to be a rust disease. Quince rust is a common disease in European and Asian Pears, but without laboratory testing we can not say which rust disease this is. Rust is a fungal … [Read more...]
Photos from our two day distillation workshop! … [Read more...]