Here are the results of the juice analysis of the berries collected this morning. It looks like we will harvest Cayuga White from the Research Vineyard on Wednesday. Cayuga is picked at a lower degrees brix in order to preserve varietal character. 19-Aug-13 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Cayuga White R 15.1 2.98 0.919 Seyval Blanc … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
Archives for August 2013
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 2299 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
Here are the results of the juice analysis from the berries collected this morning. First sunny day after all the rain! Although there is some rot in Cayuga White, Seyval Blanc and Vignoles, we hope that it is sunny and dry from now on. 14-Aug-13 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Cayuga White R 14.2 2.95 1.002 Cayuga White F 11.3 2.80 1.255 Seyval … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
It still looks like rain today! Rain is very depressing for growers looking at grape harvest. We have some bunch rot in Seyval Blanc, Vignoles and Cayuga White. GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 2161 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
We have a new system to unroll the bird nets for the grape vineyards. We have a winding attachment for the New Holland that makes unrolling and rolling the nets back up much easier than before. … [Read more...] about Unrolling the bird nets