Tag: cold climate grapes
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Posted on August 6, 2020
Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: August 5, 2020
Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, as of August 5, all cultivars, except Petite Pearl, have reached veraison, shoot […]
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Posted on July 9, 2020
Increase Fruit Quality of Cold Climate Grapes With Cluster-Zone Leaf Removal
Cluster-zone leaf removal is a very effective practice to open up the canopy and increase the exposure of clusters to sunlight and airflow. What are […]
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Posted on May 15, 2020
Cold Climate Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: May 13, 2020
At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development ranged between E-L* stage 3 (“Wooly bud without green showing”) on Petite […]
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Posted on May 14, 2020
What to Do Now in the Vineyard: Fungicides and Planting Vines
This Wednesday, we partnered with University of Minnesota extension specialists for a great webinar entitled “Fungicides and Planting Vines”, which is now available on Youtube. Annie […]
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Posted on April 30, 2020
Grape bud swell: watch out for flea beetle and cutworm damage
Spring is finally here and grape buds are starting to swell. Now is the time to start scouting for insects that may hollow out grape […]
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Posted on April 27, 2020
Vineyard Update: Spring Management
Last week we had a great webinar entitled “What to Do Now in the Vineyard – Bud Swell” which is now available on Youtube. We had […]
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Posted on April 12, 2020
Grape Bud Cold Hardiness Report – colder weather forecasted for next week
As spring progress, we have observed a significant loss of cold hardiness in grape buds mostly in the last two weeks. Next week will bring […]
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Posted on March 22, 2020
Grape Bud Cold Hardiness Report
During the last two weeks we have experienced several days with minimum temperatures above freezing (32 °F). These overall warmer temperatures have resulted in deacclimation […]
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Posted on February 19, 2020
Grape Bud Cold Hardiness Report
Bud cold hardiness refers to the ability of buds to survive cold temperatures during the dormant season. To monitor changes in bud cold hardiness, we […]
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Posted on July 25, 2019
Cluster zone leaf removal impact on fruit quality of cold climate grapes
Cluster-zone leaf removal is a very effective practice to open up the canopy and increase the exposure of clusters to sunlight and airflow. What are […]