GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +1412 (+322 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+1412 = 1718 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
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The Mars table grape is beginning to soften and color - signaling the beginning of veraison. … [Read more...] about Mars table grape beginning veraison
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +1218 (+305 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+1218 = 1524 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
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +1060 (+299 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+1060 = 1366 Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf Thanks to Xu Chen and Heather McCallister for recording the … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Our crew was picking blackberries yesterday from the cultivar/selection trial directed by Dr. Martin Kaps. The majority of the different types (both thorny and thornless) were bearing fruit. The cultivars include Apache, Arapaho, Chester, Chickasaw, Kiowa, Natchez, Navaho, Ouachita, Prime-Jim, Prime-Jan, Prime-Ark45, Triple Crown and Loch Ness. The selections are APF-40 and … [Read more...] about Blackberry harvest