On Tuesday students from Northwest University in Xi'an China visited the Fruit Station. MSU faculty and staff joined the students for introductions, winery, distillery and field tours, as well as wine and product tasting. Some of the students got to practice sealing and labeling wine bottles. Thanks to our faculty and staff for making sure everyone learned and had a good … [Read more...] about Northwest University students from Xi’an, China visit Fruit Station
Archives for May 2019
More storm damage occurred on Saturday May 18th as a quick storm with high winds passed through. The weather equipment recorded 55.3 mph winds. We lost landscape trees as well as 3 apples trees, 1 cherry tree, the blueberry netting, and a fence. Luckily the tree that recently suffered a lightening strike is still standing, just a little bit … [Read more...] about Storm Damage
GDD base 50 accumulation for today = 440 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 No photos this week. … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Each year netting is applied over the Blueberry plants to protect them from the birds. This year the field crew built a larger hoop style frame and sewed the netting together. The goal is not only to keep the birds from eating the fruit, but we hope to have less damage to the plants and fewer berries knocked off since the net is not touching the plants. This should also be … [Read more...] about Blueberry Netting
We unfortunately identified crown gall - Agrobacterium vitis - in our Chambourcin vines. We will manage the diseased vines for production for the time being - the disease is systemic and the vines cannot be cured. Crown gall symptoms occur when an infected vine is winter injured, giving the galls a chance to form. We will train up new trunks and manage multiple trunks of … [Read more...] about Crown gall in Chambourcin