We harvested some Mars grapes for the Home Wine Making Workshop tomorrow to use in demonstrations of the stemmer crusher and pressing the juice. … [Read more...] about Harvesting Mars grapes for the workshop tomorrow
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Indeterminate tomato cultivars were planted in the high tunnel today for the Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop demonstrations. Cultivars included were Sun Gold on own roots, Sun Gold on Maxifort rootstock, Super Sweet 100, Sweet Treats Hybrid, Early Girl Hybrid and Goliath Cluster Hybrid. Each 17 by 4 foot raised bed was side dressed with 1 pound of 13-13-13. Plants were … [Read more...] about Indeterminate tomatoes planted in high tunnel today
GDD base 50 accumulation for today = 2275 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 juice analysis results from the grape berries sampled this morning. 26-Jul-18 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Cayuga W NF 13.5 2.93 1.51 Cayuga White OF 15.5 2.84 1.28 Chardonel NF 13.9 2.87 2.27 Chardonel NWV 15.0 2.77 2.30 Delaware MVEC 15.5 2.82 1.85 Seyval R 16.1 2.96 1.64 Vignoles … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis
Karly and Makayla sampled berries from the grapes that were undergoing veraison. They then processed the juice from the berries and analyzed them for TSS, pH and TA. … [Read more...] about Grape berry sampling begins