Beginning of bud-break in northern New Mexico

Written by: Gill Giese

Figure above- Photo Gewurztraminer:  Gewurztraminer, located at Farmington ASC, elev. 5,577 ft., near Farmington NM, at phenological stage 07: Beginning of bud-break: green shoot tips just visible*. The full grape phenological stage key is available at: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/em8413.pdf

 

Here is the second photo: Refosco (an Italian variety, commonly grown in Friuli, Venezia and Giulia) at Farmington ASC, elev. 5,577 ft., near Farmington NM, approaching stage phenological stage 11: First leaf unfolded away form the shoot*. The full grape phenological stage key is available at: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/em8413.pdf

 

Are Your Weed-control Products Damaging Nearby Vineyards?

April 16,2019|Written by Gill

This time of year when folks are getting active in their yards and farms, specifically, when using/applying herbicides at the same time grapevines are beginning to grow out of dormancy… it is a good idea to review an excellent publication that shows what herbicide damage on grapevines looks like. The  excellent publication I have in mind is from Oregon State University:
Are Your Weed-control Products Damaging Nearby Vineyards? (EM9132) https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9132/html
It reviews most of the common herbicides we use and that could damage grapevines.

Another herbicide related publication of interest is: Preventing Herbicide Drift and Injury to Grapes (EM 8860). This publication contains many photographs of herbicide damage on grape leaves. https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/files/project/pdf/em8860.pdf

For those of you that have been curious about grapevine propagation, I offer my latest photos below:

 

Figure 1: Grapevine cuttings with leaves and thermometer visible (left). Close-up of cutting with callus and nascent roots present, the cuttings were stuck the second week of March and this photo was taken April 12^th.  The propagation box is outside to take advantage of ambient cool temperatures and is equipped with a heating element that keeps the base of the cuttings relatively warm.

Tweets by: @NMViticulture

https://twitter.com/NMSUViticulture