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Trunk diseases
Disease considerations at pruning time 2018
Here's this year's handout for pruning time disease considerations (this link opens Google Drive with this year's recommendation for trunk disease management). As I noted in this handout, the first line of defense against trunk diseases that may infect through pruni…
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Fungicide application
Updated VA specific label for Topsin-M
In my pruning time disease considerations (this link opens Google Drive with this year's recommendation for trunk disease management), I refer to Topsin-M as a choice of trunk disease management, especially for Botryosphaeria canker, which is very common in our area. The pr…
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Trunk diseases
Trunk/Cordon spliting
Some of northern VA growers contacted us about splitting of the trunks and cordons which became apparent in the last few weeks. Although the cold injury model showed that temperature we experienced were below the threshold temperature (i.e., the buds should be safe in many case…
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Crown Gall
Protective Paint for Crown Gall?
The cold temperature during this winter probably resulted in many trunk splitting or scarring on less winter hardy vines. I am planning to conduct a quick study on the effect of protective paint on the development of crown gall. If you have vines with split or scars, especiall…
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Trunk diseases
Disease consideration at pruning time.
I have a feeling many of you are working on pruning right now to take an advantage of the warm weather. Please find a handout for the pruning time disease management against many of trunk diseases by clicking this link.
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Meetings
In-season vineyard meeting on 23 April at Cardinal Point Winery
It looks like the winter is finally over. I hope everybody is ready for the new season. We will start off our season with a vineyard meeting at Cardinal Point Winery at Afton. The meeting is from 11AM until 3PM or so (note: please bring your lunch). One of the major focus of…
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Trunk diseases
Supplemental label of Rally for tunk diseases
If you are pruning, and wondering whether you can protect pruning wounds from infections by trunk diseases, t here is a supplemental label of Rally for control of various trunk diseases (Botryosphaeria, ESCA, and Eutypa). Also we have a special use label of Topsin-M for VA. Y…
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