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Growth Stage
Bud break and rain...
Bud break for our younger (2-3 years old) Chardonnay happened around 4/20/2018, and for older Chardonnay, it was the last weekend, (4/27/2018). Looks like we are about 1-2 weeks behind of a "typical" spring. But as with a typical spring, rain comes when grapes break bu…
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Disease management
Post bloom disease management considerations
As of today, it is about 10% bloom at our Chardonnay plots. Since bud break was about 2 weeks ahead of a typical year, things are moving along as we would expect. Of course, bloom in VA almost always has to happen in rain... As for bloom time disease management consideration, pl…
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Growth Stage
Bud break (for us)!!
It looks like the 2017 season for us has officially begun. Our 8 years old Chardonnay at Virginia Tech's Winchester AREC was about 10% bud break as of yesterday. Despite a warm winter, a colder spring might have kept things slow (I am not complaining!) Once again, the import…
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Cutworms
Start of the season!
Our 6 years old Chardonnay had 100% bud break today (4/22/2015)! Looks our our season has officially started. There has been a few email inquiries came to my inbox about climbing cutworm. We have applied Intrepid to "hot spot" which is a few panels facing wooded are…
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Growth Stage
Disease risk events from this weekend
A line of rain went through Winchester area resulted in 10 h of wetness with an average of 69F. It was downy and low Botrytis risk event. Please refer to the comments on previous posts on late season disease management. FYI: Our Chardonnay berries are hitting 20-21 Brix and pH…
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Disease management
Seasonal disease management reminders at bloom time
Many people in northern VA are about to see blooms (our Chardonnay vines are trace bloom as of June 2 nd , the one on the picture is one of the few with many open flowers), and I am sure rest of regions are going through bloom by now. Therefore, many of us are in the critical…
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Growth Stage
50% bud-break for our Chardonnay plus Phomopsis risk
Our 5-yr old Chardonnay is about 50% bud break stage as of today. At this time of the year, the number-one concern is Phomopsis cane and leaf spot. They produce spores on old infected cordons and trunks during the spring, and they can infect tissues even if te…
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Growth Stage
Almost there...
Our 5-yr old Chardonnay is still in the mitten stage, only a few broke buds. At least we do not see the risk of frost in the 10-day forecast... Once they broke buds, the first disease to be considered is Phomopsis. It is because a) Phomopsis produce spores from previously infe…
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