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2023 Grape Pruning Primer

March 15, 2023 - 12:25pm -- smith.12720@osu.edu

By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU

It sure does feel like March Madness, especially with the recent arrival of Ohio’s infamous “second winter”. Thankfully, the cooldown from February’s warm, spring-inspired weather will help us keep the vines asleep a little bit longer. This cooldown should help us complete this most important dormant-season activity: pruning. As a follow up to last week's pruning workshop, let’s go down the reminders of when, what, and whys of pruning.

Why prune?

2022 Year in Review

December 22, 2022 - 2:55pm -- smith.12720@osu.edu

By: Imed Dami and Diane Kinney, HCS-OSU

This article summarizes the 2022 dormant and growing seasons and the impact of weather on grape varieties grown on the research vineyard at the OSU-OARDC in Wooster, Ohio. 

Weather:  Temperature

Best viticulture practices: Shoot thinning

May 21, 2022 - 10:31am -- smith.12720@osu.edu

By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU

This past week, I have received several questions on when, where, and what to shoot thin (ST), so now is the perfect time to highlight the importance of this practice. In 2017, I co-authored an in-depth article on shoot thinning with Dr. Michela Centinari at Penn State that can be used as a cited companion resource to this blog post.  

SLF Egg Masses Begin 2022 Hatch

May 14, 2022 - 11:59am -- smith.12720@osu.edu

By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU

Finally! In the past week, the sun’s come out and so have the growing degree days (GDD). In fact, we have added 80 GDD (base 50 F) in Wooster since Monday alone. We pay so much attention to GDD because it is the primary driver of phenological development for plants. But did you know that it also determines insect lifecycles as well?

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