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Spring is springing! As you pull out your sprayers for the year, don’t forget to make sure everything is working properly and as expected! Below are resources to help you ensure you can spray the vineyard effectively. There are many apps and resources to help and different ways to calibrate different machinery, but if you…
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Here is another source of hourly weather forecasts for up to 6 days ahead from the National Weather Service. These hourly forecasts are something that you might find useful in planning your work week as well as watching for the possibility of frost next week. You can use your local television forecast or a smartphone…
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Just outside of Athens, the earliest bud breaker at the Horticulture Research Farm, Lomanto, has broken bud. This is about a week earlier than usual where our last spring frost is often in mid April. While the start of a new season is always exciting, we are also at risk for damage from spring frosts…
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If you have not already applied herbicides in your vineyard it is definitely time to get started. I know many grape growers control weeds with multiple applications of postemergence herbicides, leaning heavily on glyphosate. This is not something I recommend as it can lead to several issues and requires consider time and trips. Multiple yearly…
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There is also information on upcoming events/webinars below! We are recruiting hosts for the Winegrowers of Georgia Internship Program for the 2026 field season; we have several excellent undergraduate candidates we are about to start interviewing. While we already have several host volunteers for this season, there are opportunities for more if you are interested! For those…
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Happy December to everyone! There are a several events upcoming to keep on your radar! I’ve also included some resources to refresh you on your pruning practices below. Meeting Dates with registration links: Date, time Group Location Topic Registration and more information January 8-10th Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Meeting Savannah, GA The muscadine session…
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Happy December everyone! I know that surveys are not everyone’s favorite holiday tradition, but the UGA IPM Program is developing a statewide IPM impact statement for 2026. As such, it is important to include impact of all IPM-related activities in all commodities and cropping systems (including grapes) to fully demonstrate the usefulness of the UGA IPM programs…
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Mancozeb Meeting – Tuesday, Nov 4th, in Ellijay, GA: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uga-grape-meeting-ellijay-tickets-1716936686849?aff=oddtdtcreator Join us to discuss recent research updates on grapes along with some discussion on recent proposed regulations on mancozeb use, focused on commercial grape producers. Topics include best practices for shoot thinning, the latest information on spotted lanternfly management, and key regulatory changes involving Mancozeb…
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Join us to discuss recent research updates on grapes along with some discussion on recent proposed regulations on mancozeb use, focused on commercial grape producers. Topics include best practices for shoot thinning, or decisions for muscadine spacing, the latest information on spotted lanternfly management, progress on garden design to entice even more folks to your…
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A Quick Word on Pierce’s Disease (and Where to Get Help) As we move through the tail end of summer, it’s a good time to be keeping an eye out for signs of Pierce’s Disease (PD) in your vineyard. It is a disease that is on a lot of our minds and it is more…
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