The field crew is harvesting black walnuts for a research trial directed by John Avery, Fruit Grower Advisor, in cooperation with Hammons Black Walnuts company in Stockton, Missouri. The nuts for each grafted variety are collected, hulled, bagged and labeled. Hammons will extract and weight the nut meats for yield … [Read more...] about Black Walnut Harvest
Archives for October 15, 2012
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +3950 (+443 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+3950 = 4256 Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grapevine phenology and GDD accumulation