This Week in Viticulture:
1 November 2022
Below are quick-links to relevant topics in this email:
- WSU Grapevine Cold Hardiness Monitoring
- Fine-Tuning Soil Health - Blog
- Meet the new WSU VE Department Chair
- Events Calendar
Cold Hardiness Monitoring - Back again for 2022-2023!
WSU Viticulture will continue with grape cold hardiness monitoring for the 2022-2023 winter season. Observed cold hardiness data for the Prosser, WA area is updated approximately every 7-14 days at: https://wine.wsu.edu/extension/weather/cold-hardiness/
This webpage also has several resources on preventing cold damage and how to respond after cold damage has occurred.
Given cold hardiness monitoring cannot be done on a large scale, a cold hardiness model is available on AgWeatherNet. You do need a (free!) registered AgWeatherNet Account to see the model: http://weather.wsu.edu/
There is also an upcoming workshop regarding a new potential management tool for reducing cold damage risk; see the Events Calendar below for more information.
Fine-tuning Soil Health - A Blog Series
WSU's Andrew McGuire has a series of articles on soil health, and how to understand recent trends in discussing, measuring, and interpreting soil health-related information. Check out those blog posts at: https://csanr.wsu.edu/author/amcguire-2/
Meet the new VE Department Chair
Join WSU and the Washington State Wine Commission in greeting Dr. Jean Dodson Peterson, who joined WSU as the VE Department Chair on 6 September. Meet Dr. Dodson Peterson at a series of vineyard and winery tours and receptions.
Industry stakeholders are invited to attend one of four receptions below:
• November 8 – Tsillan Cellars, Lake Chelan, from 5-7 p.m.
• November 9 – Sparkman Cellars, Woodinville, from 5-7 p.m.
Please register at: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79bHtASokIlLnmK
Events Calendar
See the WSU Viticulture and Enology calendar for upcoming events: https://wine.wsu.edu/events/
- November 8, 2022: Workshop: A New Approach to Reducing Cold Damage in Fruit Crops (WSU TC Campus)
- November 14-16, 2022: Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research Annual Meeting (Kennewick, WA)
- November 17-18, 2022: Washington State Grape Society Annual Meeting (Grandview, WA)
- January 24-26, 2023: Unified Wine and Grape Symposium (Sacramento, CA)
- January 24-26, 2023: Workshop: Effective Options for Managing Leafroll (Walla Walla and Prosser/Red Mountain, WA)
- February 6-9, 2023: WineVit 2023 (Kennewick, WA)
Michelle M. Moyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Viticulture Extension Specialist
WSU Prosser IAREC
Prosser, WA
email: michelle.moyer@wsu.edu
phone: 509-786-9234
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