Last evening we held our first dinner workshop on home grape growing. Thirteen people participated and we were all happy that we could go out to the vineyard after the dinner and talks - at first the rain looked like it would keep us indoors. Vickie Baumer covered grapes pests and diseases and I covered grape culture. … [Read more...] about Home Grape Growing Dinner Workshop
Archives for July 2013
Veraision is the beginning of grape cluster ripening. Mars seedless table grape is beginning to show color inidicating that it is undergoing veraision. White cultivars turn translucent when they go through veraison. … [Read more...] about Mars seedless table grape undergoes veraison
The Missouri State Wine Premiere was held last week at Faurot Hall in Mountain Grove. Participants could taste our 2012 vintage wines and enjoy learning about our graduate student research work and the artwork of vineyard manager and photographer, Joyce McMurtrey. … [Read more...] about MSU Wine Premiere
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 1729 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 … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 1542 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 … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation