2026 Winter Injury Update
This post is an update on grapevine winter injury following an historic cold temperature streak in January 2026.
Viticulture
Winter Weather Alert – January 2026
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
Cold is an obvious feature of our Ohio winters, but believe it or not, this month’s sustained cold is an anomaly not seen for nearly the past century.
2025 Year in Review
By: Maria Smith and Diane Kinney, HCS-OSU
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE 2025 DORMANT AND GROWING SEASON CONDITIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GRAPE VARIETIES GROWN AT THE RESEARCH VINEYARD OF THE CFAES-WOOSTER CAMPUS
WEATHER: TEMPERATURE
Cold Hardiness Modeling for Grapes: A Grower-Friendly Tool for Assessing Cold Damage Risk
By: Amaya Atucha, Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison
As we enter the winter season, many growers are once again thinking about the risk of cold injury to grapevines. With increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, including warm spells followed by abrupt cold snaps, it often feels like we are always on alert for potential damage. During the dormant season, freeze injury to buds remains the number one concern, as even the hardiest cultivars can be vulnerable when temperatures fall below their level of cold hardiness.
Monitor your vines for color change in the fall
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
My favorite week of the year is here: peak fall color has finally arrived in Wooster.
Fall Maintenance of Sprayers
Erdal Ozkan. Professor and Extension State Specialist
The Ohio State University, FABE
Time to give your sprayer some TLC by properly winterizing it.
August/September Hort 2 Updates
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
An abrupt change in weather patterns in late-July has changed the outcome for this growing season for fruit quality and maturity… but not before making its impacts on yield.
August/September weather
Precipitation
July Wooster Unit 2 Updates
By: Maria Smith, OSU-HCS
A one-word summary of July: rain.
June/July weather
Precipitation
Capitalize on Advancements in Spray Technology
By: Erdal Ozkan, Professor and Extension State Specialist, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering-OSU
Wooster Unit 2 May/June Updates
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
May weather:
Precipitation is the story so far.
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