Muscadine Grapes
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Last call for anyone potentially looking to host one of our UGA Winegrower Interns this year! See my previous post for additional information. I am happy to share the digital copy of the Muscadine Management Poster – another collaborative effort from many of the southeastern US university (UGA, UT, NCSU, UArk, AU) Extension Specialists for…
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Mark Hoffman, viticulturist for NCSU, sent me the following information this morning. There will be a pertinent webinar on responding to COVID in winery operations. The webinar will take place on Monday, May 18th from 12-1:30 PM, and is titled “Re”wine”ing the Clock in a Post-COVID World: ensuring personal safety & production efficiency as winery operations…
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Join us Wednesday, for the last viticulture webinar in the Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum (EVEF) winter webinar series this Wednesday, March 20th 2024 from noon to 1:30PM for “Addressing Climate Change Challenges Through Vineyard Management Strategies”. This webinar includes a grower panel from across the Eastern US (including our own Georgia grower, Eric Seifarth!),…
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To all viticulture blog subscribers that are vineyard and winery owners in Georgia: We are recruiting hosts for the Winegrowers of Georgia Internship Program for the 2024 field season; we have several excellent undergraduate candidates we are about to start interviewing, but we still need a few more hosts for this season! For those looking for more…
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Happy new year! While some have started their winter pruning, most people get started pruning after the new year. While pruning timing choices often come down to labor, I wanted to post some resources so you can all refresh yourselves since pruning is one of the most vital vineyard care activities. We are currently getting…
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We often think about pruning as a winter activity. However, this process starts much earlier in the year. Vines under stress are much more easily identified during the summer. Residual effects from cold damage or trunk disease issues, while they can appear early in the season, are often becoming more apparent as we move forward…
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Some of you may have already conducted leaf removal in your vineyards, but some of you are now getting into the early fruit development stage where leaf removal is considered more of the ‘standard’ time point. See some of lovely pictures of some fresh leaf removal from Bill Cox. Q: Why remove leaves? A: Fruit-zone…
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Out in the Watkinsville Hort Farm this morning I noticed some Japanese beetles – the season is upon us! Below is some information that Dr. Brett Blaauw posted previously that some of you may find helpful. Let me know what ya’ll are seeing in your own vineyards – how has it compared to previous years?…
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Bloom is one of the common times for grapevine tissue nutrient sampling. This information is the most useful to look at if you have multiple years of data on the same vines (or want to start that collection) or noticed some foliar nutrition symptoms in the vines previously (as the symptoms are less likely to…
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For those of you interested in a day to learn about how to start a vineyard, I would love to see you at the New Grape Grower Symposium in at the Carroll County Agricultural Education Center in Carrollton, GA on Saturday, June 24th! We welcome those who are in the planning (or considering) process! We…