March 2019
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Muscadines: Buds are breaking in muscadine vineyards in Georgia’s coastal plains. We are likely a week or ten days out from seeing bud break in muscadine vineyards in the Georgia piedmont. Bunch grapes: We are seeing buds breaking throughout the piedmont and foothills of Georgia. Bud break is mostly observed in hybrids planted in the […]
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Please mark your calendars and save the date for the UGA Extension Viticulture Team’s Sparkling Wine Production Conference. This conference is possible through collaboration with our gracious hosts, Wolf Mountain Vineyards. The conference will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at Wolf Mountain Vineyards (180 Wolf Mountain Trail, […]
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Thanks to those who came out to the seasonal vineyard and pest management conference this past Tuesday. It was a great turnout. It was a pleasure to see so many familiar as well as new faces. Thanks again to our gracious hosts, Gary Engel and his crew at Engelheim Vineyards. Thanks also goes out to […]
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All: Eddie Ayers, ANR Extension Agent in Gilmer and Fannin Counties (for two more weeks, anyway… congrats on the retirement, Eddie!) has procured the following pesticide credit approval from the GDA – available for all who attend Tuesday’s meeting at Engelheim Vineyards: –2 hours on a private pesticide license –5 hours on a commercial category […]
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One final reminder to please register for the Seasonal Vineyard and Pest Management Conference, taking place from 10 AM to 5 PM on Tuesday, March 19th at Engelheim Vineyards in Ellijay, GA. REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY AT NOON. For more information and to register, please visit this link: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2019/03/registration-link-and-updated-sponsors-for-seasonal-vineyard-and-pest-management-conference/ Thanks once again to our sponsors – […]
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It’s been a while since I posted a climate outlook for Georgia, but I’ve gotten a few requests so here you go. Summary: Temperatures for the next two weeks are expected to be cooler than normal. Temperatures for the rest of spring, summer and fall are all leaning towards warmer than normal conditions due to […]
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A reminder to register for the Seasonal Vineyard and Pest Management Conference, taking place from 10 AM to 5 PM on Tuesday, March 19th at Engelheim Vineyards in Ellijay, GA. For more information and to register, please visit this link: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2019/03/registration-link-and-updated-sponsors-for-seasonal-vineyard-and-pest-management-conference/ Thanks once again to our sponsors – Helena Chemical, White County Farmer’s Exchange, […]
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Dear all: A reminder that March 15th (next Friday) is the deadline for submitting your “application” to host a UGA Winegrowers intern this summer. To those growers that have “applied” already – thank you. For more information, please visit the link to the original post here: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2019/02/seeking-winegrowers-of-georgia-internship-program-hosts/
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Dear all: As we near bud break (!!!)… here are two UGA extension publications I have shared on the blog before, but I thought it would be rather timely to share them again now (and they are finally published in all their glory!): https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1490&title=Vineyard%20Frost%20Protection Dormant Spur and Cane Pruning Bunch Grapevines: https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1505 For those […]
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Dear all: Here is the registration link (https://events.attend.com/f/1383788558) for the Seasonal Vineyard and Pest Management Conference, to be held from 10 AM to 5 PM on Tuesday, March 19th at Engelheim Vineyards (127 Lakeview Rd, Ellijay, GA 30540). YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER. Thanks in advance to Gary Engel and his crew at Engelheim for hosting. This […]