Dear all: There will be a seasonal vineyard and pest management workshop held from 10 AM to 5 PM on Tuesday, March 19th at Engelheim Vineyards in Ellijay, GA (127 Lakeview Rd, Ellijay, GA 30540). Thanks in advance to Gary Engel and his crew for hosting. This workshop will cover…
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I have heard many great reviews of the 2019 Georgia Wine Producers Conference. At long last, here are copies of all presentations given by our speakers at this year’s conference in February – for review for those in attendance, and for your information for those who weren’t. Thanks to the…
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Please see the following link to view the newest installment of Small Fruits News (Vol. 19, No. 1), a quarterly publication from the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium. Small Fruits News is made possible through the collaborative efforts of specialists from southeastern US land grant universities. Vol19-Issue1 Of note…
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Several specialists from southeastern US universities (University of Georgia, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech) collaborated to make a handy, picture- and information-intensive, visually-appealing (thanks to Megan McCoy in the UGA CAES Office of Communications and Creative Services) winegrape vineyard management poster. The poster is printed on high-quality, waterproof stock, and…
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Dear bunch winegrape and muscadine growers: You may recall a recent blog post by our resident grape disease specialist, Dr. Phil Brannen, about powdery mildew resistance to QoI fungicides in Georgia … If not, here it is: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2018/12/widespread-powdery-mildew-resistance-to-qoi-fungicides-in-georgia-vinifera-grapes/ Dr. Brannen is part of a multi-state team of specialists working…
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Thanks to efforts by Dr. Phil Brannen, we now have two Pierce’s disease testing kits, one located in White County and one in Lumpkin County. These “field” kits are very reliable for confirming PD in suspect vines. Each test kit can run 48 samples, meaning we only have 96 samples…
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I look forward to seeing those that are attending the vineyard tour THIS Wednesday. Please come prepared for the weather (humidity, high temperatures, wet grass in the morning, etc.) as we will be out in some vineyards for parts of each stop. We will have refreshments available throughout the tour….
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We collected our first grape root borer adults today in one of our pheromone traps in north Georgia. This means that the adults have started to emerge from the soil out of their pupal stage. For the next few weeks the adults will emerge, mate, and the females will lay…
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We have been receiving multiple grape samples with black rot in our diagnostic clinic. Only one or two infected grapes can provide a vast number of spores for secondary infections of clusters going forward. Prevalent rainfall has made control difficult. The disease cycle will slow as grapes mature, but fruit…
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The Schnabel lab at Clemson University is still offering free testing to help identify resistance problems in the gray mold pathogen Botrytis cinerea from small fruits. The test covers the most important FRAC codes for gray mold control. As grapes approach veraison, Botrytis may start to become a problem as clusters…
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