Yesterday evening, Craig Jennings, a horticulture instructor at Missouri State-West Plains, brought some students to the experiment station for a tour. The students are learning about protected culture (high tunnels, low tunnels, and greenhouses). They were particularly interested in the mushroom project, so that is where we went first. They saw the set-ups for the oyster and … [Read more...] about West Plains horticulture group visit the State Fruit Experiment Station
Archives for April 2021
On Wednesday April 21st it reached a low of 24.5° F at 5:10 a.m. which has caused damage on our fruit crops. Assessment of the crops will continue as the crops were at different growth stages, but so far it does not too promising. … [Read more...] about Tree Fruit Spring Freeze Update
GDD base 50 = 93. We track GDD at http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp and rate the phenology stages according to the Modified E-L System http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf After three nights with temperature in the 20s, April 20 to 22, there was damage on the grapes. It was difficult to estimate today, but we think that … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
Spring freezes occurred during the last two days, with a low of 24.5° F at 5:10 am this morning. We will need to assess the damage on our fruit crops after we have sufficient time at temperatures above freezing to allow for tissue browning of dead and damaged tissue. … [Read more...] about Spring freeze
GDD base 50 = 84. We track GDD at http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp and rate the phenology stages according to the Modified E-L System http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf A critical freeze is predicted for Tuesday night, so we will see how things look afterward!! … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation