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Crop Update - 4/23/2009
Upcoming Events for your consideration:
April 28 - May 19, 2009. LERGP Course in Grape Production and Winery Development
Time/Dates: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Tuesdays, beginning April 28, 2009 and ending May 19, 2009*
Cost: Non-members - $100 for the series or $30 per session
Members - $60 for the series or $20 per session
Location: Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport, NY
4 H Training Center, large meeting room
As a follow-up to the April 8 Introduction to Vineyard and Winery Establishment Workshop, this course consists of a series of workshops to provide in-depth information to growers (and potential growers) on grape production and to winery owners (and potential winery owners) on wine production and winery development. These workshops have been developed to provide detailed information and allow time for questions and grower-to-grower interactions. Enrollment per session is limited to 20 people.
Registration Information/Form.
Deadline for registration is Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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May 5, 2009. Canopy Management
for Hybrids
2:00pm -
4:00pm
Freedom Run Winery,
5138 Lower Mountain Rd., Lockport, NY
more detailed information is below and on the Upcoming
Events page.
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| Coffee Pot Meetings: 2009 Schedule: | |
| Wed., May 6 | Bob Militello, 2929 Rt. 39, Forestville, NY |
| Wed., May 13 | Peter Smith, 4434 VanDusen Road (Lockport), Cambria (Niagara County) |
| Wed., May 20 | Fred Luke, 1501 Cemetery Road, North East, PA |
| Wed., May 27 | Leo Hans, 10929 W. Perrysburg Rd., Perrysburg, NY |
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2009 New York and Pennsylvania Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes
Grape Integrated Pest Management - Tim Weigle |
Record Keeping with TracGrape
With bud break approaching I am once again going to push the importance of record keeping. You cannot manage if you do not have information. So it seems only natural that the more information that is available and the better organized it is the more effectively you can manage your vineyard operation.
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop put on by Kevin Martin on the use of TracGrape to keep records of various vineyard operations above and beyond the documentation of pesticide application information. Some of the additional information you can record is fertilization records and harvest data. It is also a great way to start to develop a block by block recording keeping system.
Many of you are familiar with TracGrape, a software program developed by Juliet Carroll, Fruit IPM Coordinator, NYS IPM Program. This program has been used by a number of grape growers in the Lake Erie region to record their pesticide applications and produce the posting information required by the Worker Protection Standard. Perhaps the best benefit of using TracGrape is that at the end of the year you can easily create a TracGrape report form that can be used to provide your processor the information they require on your pesticide applications. TracGrape has forms available for Carriage House Co. Inc., Constellation Wine Company, Cliffstar Corporation, Meier’s Wine Cellars, Inc., Mogen David Wine Co., private applicators record and a Generic processor spray form. A summary for use in filling in the National Grape Cooperative web-based reporting system is also available and has been as a great way to get all the information together in a single form that makes inputting the data much easier.
Get a start on creating a better vineyard management system by downloading TracGrape free of charge at:
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/
For years we have been able to provide the LERGP Crop Update free of charge to anyone who requested it. Unfortunately, with the ever increasing belt tightening that is being experienced at the State, County, University, Processor, Grower and Extension Programming levels we will be unable to continue this practice.
Starting in the beginning of May you will need to be a member of the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program to continue to receive the Crop Update. The Crop Update will also no longer be posted on-line starting at that time.
Not sure if you are a member or if your membership is up to date? Over the next two weeks we will be sending out e-mails to those who are not currently on the LERGP extension membership list or on the complimentary copies list. If you receive this e-mail you will be given instructions on how to enroll in extension and the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program through your local participating county extension office (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara County in NY and Erie County in PA) or directly through the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program if you live outside these counties.
Cultural Practices - Jodi Creasap Gee, Ph.D. |
Upcoming Workshops
Canopy Management for Hybrids
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
2:00-4:00pm
Freedom Run Winery
5138 Lower Mountain Rd
This meeting will provide growers with an update on 2008 results from Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel's trials on canopy management and crop adjustment for hybrid varieties, including tasting of experimental wines made from different canopy treatments, impact on production costs and returns, and labor/time involved in shoot thinnig, leaf removal, and cluster thinning. Presenters will include Justine Vanden Heuvel, Tim Martinson and Trent Preszler (Vanden Heuvel grad student). They are also looking to enlist interested growers as cooperators in side-by-side demonstration blocks during 2009.
Fredonia Vineyard Lab Reaches 100th Year
In addition to a commitment to educate grape growers in the Lake Erie region, the Fredonia Vineyard Lab and I also share a birthday week. Dr. Nelson Shaulis made great strides in New York viticulture here at the Fredonia Vineyard Lab, and Dr. E. F. Taschenberg worked on the biology and control of vineyard insect pests. Dr. Robert Pool completed numerous studies at the site with the goal to improve vineyard efficiency and productivity. Dr. Terry Bates continues the tradition of excellence in Cornell viticulture research today through increase knowledge in nitrogen inputs and vineyard mechanization.
It appears to be a little-known fact that the Lake Erie region is the largest grape growing region in the United States outside of California, which should give you an idea of just how important this region is to the industry. While the tradition of Concord production remains strong, this industry has many opportunities and great potential, as indicated by its history. As we look toward the future with the new facility in Portland, NY, we can only expect great things from the Lake Erie Region.
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/public/comm/news/fredonia-100-years.cfm
Update on the Finger Lakes Classifieds website
Clarification for Erie County, PA Growers:
It would appear that Erie County, PA growers/members were not allowed full access to the new Finger Lakes Classifieds website. Luckily, Cornell sees no state lines between Chautauqua County, NY and Erie County, PA. So, if you would like to post an ad to the new Finger Lake Classifieds website, AND you are an Erie County, PA grower/winery/member, you can post your ad to the ‘Lake Erie’ NY portion of the site. Please feel free to contact Hans (hcw5@cornell.edu) if you have any questions about these postings.
Vineyard Update
Take a moment to look at the weather data, and you will see that we are behind average in GDD’s (29.5 GDD in 2009 compared to 49.37 GDD for the most recent 3-year data) and precipitation (1.26” in April 2009, compared to 2.62” for the average April precipitation). Not to rock the boat, but this is shaping up to be a nice spring…. The weekend forecast looks good so far, and with the warm sunny days, we might be looking at complete bud break within the next several days.
In the vineyard at the Fredonia Lab, I am seeing various states of bud scale removal and bud exposure among the different varieties here. Below are some images from around the vineyard.
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| PHENOLOGY DATA: Reading Date: 04/21/09 | |
| From Kelly Link | |
| Fredonia: | West Tier Historical Concord Vines ( pruned Balanced 30 + 10) - 30% at 2.0 (half of bud showing) |
| Traminette (32 shoots) - 75-80% at 1.5 (first swell) | |
| Noiret (32 shoots) = 80-85% at 1.5 | |
| Riesling (24 shoots) = 80-85% at 1.5 | |
| Cabernet Sauvignon (24 shoots) = 25% at 1.5 | |
| Portland: | Concord (120 nodes) = 33% at 2.0 (half of bud showing) |
| Concord (Balanced 20 + 20) = 20% at 2.0 | |
| Concord (80 nodes) = 33% at 2.0 | |
Weather Facts |
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Sustainable Viticulture Workbook Project
We continue to hear from growers and are still asking for more volunteers to go through the workbook, answering the questions that pertain to them (and let us know what questions do not pertain to their operation)! Please let us know if you are interested by emailing Edith ( emb35@cornell.edu or grape@netsync.net)! We would love to hear from you.Update - We have met with growers from Chautauqua, Niagara, Cattaraugus Counties in New York and several growers from PA. for this project which is a cooperative effort of growers, processors, the Finger Lakes Regional Grape Program, Long Island Grape Program and the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program.Going over the questions in the workbook typically takes about 90 minutes. Depending on your operation and the type of grapes you are growing doesn't make any difference either - we are interested in everyone's input, no matter how many acres you have. Once you have completed the first phase of going through the workbook and answering the questions scaled from 1 (best practice) to 4 (should look at this practice to see if it can be improved), a follow-up visit is scheduled with a member of the SWCD from your county (they have the money to help with cost sharing) to discuss how you might be able to move the practices that received a rating of 4 to a rating closer to 1 - this is the Action Plan meeting.The workbook questions are painless, self-reflective and the comments made by growers' are very positive - including how going over the questions makes them think about their total operation, or how they might be able to do or think about something differently, etc.
If you are interested in working with us on this project please send Edith an e-mail or give her a call at 716.672.6830 so she can schedule an appointment with you.
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| For any questions or comments on the format of this update please contact Tim Weigle at: thw4@cornell.edu. |
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