The Mid-American Strawberry Growers Association Meeting was held on Saturday, July 30. The morning session of demonstrations was held at 7:00 am at Simpson's Family Farm and the presentations began at 9:00 am at Faurot Hall. The meeting concluded at 3:00 pm. Sixty-one members and potential members attended the meeting. … [Read more...] about Mid-American Strawberry Growers Meeting
Archives for August 1, 2011
Here are the juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning. 8/1//2011 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Cayuga White R 17.7 3.17 0.953 Cayuga White F 15.8 3.00 0.975 Seyval Blanc R 18.0 3.22 1.013 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 2390 (+344 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 Things are moving along. Some rots beginning due to the rain this weekend. We are close to harvest on … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation