What's happening in the field?

At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Ningxia grape and wine students work in the vineyards at Mountain Grove

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Two groups of students will spend 2 days each this week (June 12 – 15) at the Mountain Grove campus to work in our vineyards. Monday and Tuesday we covered grape phenology and grape softwood propagation.

Phenology is recorded on twenty different cultivars in the vineyards.
Phenology is recorded on twenty different cultivars in the vineyards.
The Tuesday group also records phenology.
The Tuesday group gets an overview of the different cultivars.
Then they get to work recording the stages.
Then they get to work recording the stages.
Susanne Howard shows the students how to collect and prepare softwood grape cuttings.
Susanne Howard shows the students how to collect and prepare softwood grape cuttings.
The students begin to make the cuttings.
The students begin to make the cuttings.
Here the flat is almost completed.
Here the flat is almost completed.
These Vidal Blanc cuttings will be used to plant into the Research Vineyard later this year.
These Vidal Blanc cuttings will be used to plant into the Research Vineyard later this year.