GDD base 50 accumulation count beginning April 1 = 570 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
Archives for May 2016
This will be the raspberry projects third year of production. We thinned the shoots in the bagged raspberries earlier (April 13) but did so again when we moved them from the field to the high tunnel. We waited until we saw a few of the primocanes with flowers on them. It looks like thinning the shoots twice before putting them in the tunnel may be necessary after the … [Read more...] about Raspberries rotated into the high tunnel today
GDD base 50 accumulation count beginning April 1 = 421 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
We held our two-day Distillation Basics Workshop yesterday and today. The first day of the workshop, the participants learned the basics of distillation from Dr. Karl Wilker. On the second day, they distilled grape spirits, learning the process of running the still and the sensory evaluation skills needed to differentiate between the different phases of the process in order to … [Read more...] about Distillation Workshop 2016
GDD base 50 accumulation count beginning April 1 = 377 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