This year we had a very "early" spring with bud break on grapevines occurring in March. We usually begin counting GDD base 50 beginning on April 1 but this year we added the GDD accumulated in March for our year end total of 4370 GDD for 2012. Spring was hectic and we shoot thinned, cluster thinned, combed and removed leaves from the cooler side of the trellis on dense … [Read more...] about A look at the 2012 grape season