After many years of drought, can we possibly have too much water? Watch this brief interview with Jeff Bitter from Allied Grape Growers as he provides an update on the 2019 wine grape crop and how the recent rainstorms might impact it. Watch this video and read more about it in American Vineyard Magazine.
As powdery mildew begins to develop resistance to our traditional fungicides, it is more important than ever that growers apply just the right products at the right times, and a new mildew spore trapping technology is now available to help growers better diagnose what’s out in the field. Watch this brief interview with Dan Rodrigues from Vina Quest and the Cal Poly Viticulture & Enology Department as he explains.
Grape growers last summer experienced some pretty significant periods of hot weather that, for some, negatively impacted the health of their vines and crop yield. In the center of much of this heat, Fresno County UCCE Viticulture Advisor George Zhuang has been researching ways to reduce the impact of such temperatures which are sure to return to both the Central Valley and other parts of the state. Watch this brief interview with George, reporting from the Grape, Nut & Tree Fruit Expo as he explains. Read more about it in American Vineyard Magazine.
As if California grape growers didn’t have enough pest issues to deal with, UCCE Entomologist Surendra Dara reported a recent resurgence of the Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer in California. Watch this brief interview with Dara, as he shares where the pest is resurfacing and how growers can manage it both conventionally and organically. Read more about it in American Vineyard Magazine. Don’t currently receive the publication? Subscribe for free at https://malcolmmedia.com/american-vineyard-subscriptions/.
Looking for instant pest, disease and nutritional recommendations in the palm of your hand? Download the new Vineyard Advisor app, free and applicable to grape growers nationwide. The app was developed by viticulture experts at Texas Tech University, as represented by Ed Hellman in this video interview. Watch the brief interview as professor Hellman as he shares more details about this new app.