Midwest Wine Press has written and reprinted a number of herbicide drift damage stories. Herbicides that travel from corn and soybean fields into vineyards are a significant problem for Midwestern grape growers. In addition...
Data from the first phase of a major Minnesota vineyard trial has been tabulated, according to Dennis Emslie Drummond, VESTA Coordinator at Central Lakes College in Staples, Minnesota, about 130 miles northeast of the...
Herbicide drift has become a major issue for Midwestern grape and fruit growers as more powerful herbicides are being used to replace glyphosate. Glyphosate- the active ingredient in the most commonly used weed killers-...
This article is a companion to an earlier piece describing cold hardy white grapes that seem to have found their niche in a crisp, flowery and fruity style. Cold hardy reds, on the other...
Grapevine red blotch, a disease normally found on the East and West Coasts, is turning up in Ontario according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Red blotch can stop grapes from...
Most vegetable and fruit farmers have probably experienced crop injury from glyphosate spray drift at one time or another. The most recognizable name in this class is Roundup along with several other glyphosate products such as...
Experienced grape growers saw it coming. New growers hadn’t a clue. Regardless, my crystal ball told me that with months of rain would come severe outbreaks of downy mildew in vineyards. Grape downy mildew...
Potassium is important for grapevines to function and is one of the most frequent nutritional deficiencies of vines. A grapevine with inadequate potassium produces poor, unevenly ripened fruit and reduced yields. Severe deficiency results...
Dr. Dean Volenberg from Door County Wisconsin is back this summer with his excellent “Vineyard IPM Scouting Reports.” The link below will take you to some very revealing photos of Anthacnose and Downy...
This article is reprinted by permission of the authors, Dave Scurlock, OSU/OARDC Viticulture Outreach Specialist and Dr. Mike Ellis, Ohio State University /OARDC Plant Pathology. It appeared first in The Ohio Grape Wine Electronic Newsletter. ...