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Please see the attached flyer with clickable link registration or QR code. We look forward to seeing everyone there. For our round table portion please submit items of discussion ahead of time to neason@uga.edu.
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Sarah Atwood, with Inphatec, will give a short talk and demonstration of their new technology for Pierce’s disease management. The demonstration will take place at 11:00 a.m. till noon on Monday the 28th of February at Cenita Vineyards (591 Dock Dorsey Road, Cleveland, GA). This is low key, but please visit if you are interested…
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For those growing muscadines, you will find this training to be of value. See the attached for needed information relative dates, times, and signing up.
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Hold March 15th on your calendars for UGA’s Spring Vineyard Production meeting! Please see below a tentative agenda. I will have an online registration link in the coming week, so stay tuned. I do have a favor…… A presentation on vine establishment will be given at this workshop. The presenter has asked for soil reports…
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See attached for two new fact sheets that might be of interest to you. The first presents results of a preliminary comparison between manual and mechanical pruning in the muscadine juice cultivar ‘Carlos’. The second is part of the Vineyard Canopy Management Series and deals with fruit zone management. Enjoy.
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Due to overwhelming demand for the commercial grape spray program design workshop in Ellijay, we have decided to offer the same workshop in Dahlonega on March 2nd from 9:30am-3:00pm. Join us at the Lumpkin County Parks & Rec. building located at 365 Riley Rd., Dahlonega, GA 30533. Pesticide credits will be available for those with…
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The UGA Extension Viticulture Team is kicking off the New Year with another opportunity for vineyard managers to attend an interactive training focused on disease and insect control, both of which are critical components of an IPM program for grapes. On February 23, vineyard managers will have the opportunity to work with UGA Extension specialists…
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You might be interested in this webinar, as it will have information of value to Georgia grape pruning operations. Just in time for Christmas. Advances in grapevine trunk disease management in the dormant period This timely webinar occurs at the beginning of the dormant pruning period. Learn perspectives on trunk disease management and mitigation from…
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Please see below for an urgent message and link to an anonymous survey from Savithri Nambeesan concerning the impact of our Extension programs over the last few years relative Pierce’s disease and canopy management. Note that the turnaround time is pretty rapid (tomorrow), and we apologize for that, but it is necessary. However, it should…
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If you’ve been paying attention towards the EPA’s attitude towards Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) the announcement that it is now banned is not too surprising. Chlorpyrifos is allowed to be used on crops up to February 28, 2022. After that, the tolerances for it expire. Effectively this means that Chlorpyrifos will not be available for the 2022…
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