As of today we are about 50% in blossom at the station and with great weather in the forecast hopefully setting fruit by the weekend. […]

Well it’s been a cold last couple of weeks with not a lot of plant movement. What a difference from last year when I was […]

After the cultivars present in each bed at the newly-dedicated Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station were fingerprinted and named (see CCMJ 35.2), Dr. Zalapa’s lab was […]

Cultivar contamination—whether by sport seeds that germinated from an unharvested berry, or by impure cuttings used for propagation when a bed was planted—prevents cranberry growers […]

As the middle of May approaches and our March winds still pounding the region it feels a lot like April yet. The plants are starting […]

It feels weird to say we are approaching May 1st as the daytime temps struggle to reach 50 degrees most days. All of our irrigation […]

Vines are starting to turn purple as harvest is fast approaching. Planning on starting harvest on the hybrids the week of September 27th.

Just pulled the flood on Sunday and starting to frost protect everything. The Sundance and BGs were a couple weeks ahead of the Steven’s.

On August 28, the research station received 6.8″ of rain over a 10 hour period. Once again, I find myself ditching and fixing washouts. Hopefully […]

Here at the station we are cleaning up from some rain events. Last week we had 2″ in 30 minutes alone, and it dealt damage […]