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Management of keeping a clean under story below your vine rows has traditionally been practiced. By keeping a grass and weed free area helps reduce competition of nutrients to the vines, reduces habitat for insect at the base of the plants, improves humidity in the fruiting zone, and helps deter voles and other pest. Although…
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We have many great land grant Universities conducting viticulture and enology research and education. This email came across my email from Penn State Extension on shoot thinning. Shoot thinning is essential to reducing canopy crowding to improve airflow and spray penetration. With our high annual rainfall in Georgia and high humidity, this is a crucial…
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Yesterday was the demonstration of the trunk injection of a bacteriophage product registered for control of Pierce’s disease. Clark MacAllister was able to coordinate the company representatives to visit for the demonstration. For those of you unable to make it out, yesterday, I took some videos of the injection process and recorded some questions (and…
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This months lunch hour discussion will be about our June conference in Austin Texas. This a great way to learn about what goes on a the annual conference and help you decide if you might want to go. Discussions will include details about vineyard tours in Texas and what to expect if its your first…
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Vanessa Shonkwiler, a UGA Agribusiness Economist and Instructor, is holding two virtual sessions on Monday, April 10th to present basic concepts, examples and recent research findings: To register, contact Vanessa Shonkwiler at v.shonkwiler@uga.edu.
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In 2022 an injectable bacteriophage product was registered for use in Georgia for control of Pierce’s disease. Inphatec, the company behind the XyliPhi-PD, will have a representative demonstrating how to use the product and its applications on Tuesday, April 11th from 10:00am-11:30am at Three Sisters Vineyards in Dahlonega. If attending, please RSVP to Clark MacAllister…
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Hello everybody! If we have not had the opportunity to meet yet, my name is Sarah Lowder and I am the new Viticulture Extension Specialist for UGA! I got started earlier this March and have been able to meet many of you thus far (but hope to meet the rest of you soon!). Though I…
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I received a request from Bill Cox to write something about frosts and freezes since it has been on the mind of a lot of growers this week due to our return to cold conditions after a very warm February. Here is some information I put together for the Garden Professors blog in fall 2022.…
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Join us ( American Society of Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section) this Wednesday at 11:30-12:30 to discuss spring frost. Check out the link below. Email me if you have any questions: neason@uga.edu
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