Can you afford a consultant? How I saved 60,000 dollars in chemicals over two vintages. Part 1 of 2

Man standing in vineyard

Is that real? Absolutely, and the comparison is perfect. If I were talking about one of the last three; hot, hotter and hottest vintages alone someone might think that I was just lucky. What about this year? Not an easy year for mildew and botrytis in the vineyards. Conditions were perfect for infections. But, what if […]

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Can you afford a consultant? How I saved 60,000 dollars in chemicals over two vintages. Part 1 of 2

Too much irrigation… In a hot season?

Vineyard in Washington

In 2015, Washington State had one of the hottest years on record, but is there such a thing as too much irrigation in a hot season? We all know demand goes up, and models for irrigation are not perfect. My work has suggested there is such a thing as too much irrigation, even in a […]

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Too much irrigation… In a hot season?