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We are within a few weeks of the anticipated initial emergence of grape root borer (GRB) adults here in Georgia. If you are planning on implementing mating disruption as a management tactic for GRB and you haven’t deployed your pheromone dispensers/ties, now is the time to get those distributed. If you are unfamiliar with grape…
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Clemson University has picked up the resistance testing for Botrytis. This is not a free service at this time. However, it is very useful and worth the funds to determine which Botryticides are working. See the attached form for information needed. Additional information from Dr. Guido Schnabel. I worked with our plant and pest diagnostic…
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture is hosting a Georgia Clean Day on May 3, 2022 from 9 am to 3 pm. The event will be at the Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Miller Pkwy, Perry, GA 31069. The purpose of this event is to collect and dispose of old unusable, or cancelled pesticides. You must…
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I hope everyone is fairing the winter well and is underway on pruning. I wanted to take a moment and revisit a presentation that was given last spring at one of our updates that presented new varieties for our region. Dr. Joe Fiola, Specialist in Viticulture and Small Fruit at the University of Maryland Extension…
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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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