Lake Erie Regional Grape Program Enrollment

Program Areas

PA Growers Visit PA Extension or call 814.825.0900 for a subscription form

FALL • WINTER • SPRING • SUMMER New Vineyard Timeline

March 14, 2013

Winter - What to be doing:

Spring - What to be doing:

Finish up pruning
Watch Pruning Concords Video: http://youtu.be/IB8klKkn4_s
Watch Pruning Wine Grapes Video: http://youtu.be/r6kRGrir39Q
Weed management - pre-emergent program
Scouting for pests - e.g., banded grape bug (Watch Banded Grape Bug Video), Climbing cutworm, grape flea beetle (Steely beetle), Phomopsis

Watch Scouting Video
Prepare equipment - calibrate sprayers before each use, which will begin as early as mid- to late spring
EICHHORN PHENOLOGY SCALE
3" shoot growth - spray for phomopsis
5" shoot growth - spray for ?
10" shoot growth - phomopsis, black rot spray? Include something for powdery mildew?

Summer - What to be doing:

Scout for pests (VIEW YouTube LERGPvids): Watch Scouting Video above
Specific pests for which you'll need to spray
Prepare for bloom
BLOOM
Petiole testing - submit ASAP for recommendations on N needs for soil applications

Watch Petiole Gathering Video

Roots - add nitrogen to the soil by mid-June; preferably 2 weeks prior to bloom (up to 25 lbs actual N) and 2 weeks post bloom (up to 25 lbs actual N)
Leaves and fruiting zone - scout and spray for:
Powdery mildew | Downy mildew | Phomopsis | Black Rot

Fall - What to be doing:

Prepare harvest equipment/Make harvesting arrangements (if you pay someone to pick for you)
Clean and prep bins and lids
Soil testing - usually a good time to do so after harvest and before the ground freezes to prepare for next year's fertilizer needs

Watch Soil Testing Video