A Welcome Back to Vit Tips

The continued pandemic and personnel changes knocked VitTips off its track in 2021. But with new hires and a better outlook, we are re-energized and ready to get VitTips back on track.

Growing Season = Spraying Season

Area Cooperative Extension Advisor – Viticulture Announcement

Upcoming Events:
May 8-9, 2019
Grapevine Short Course
https://ucanr.edu/sites/PSU/files/301434.pdf 

May 22-23, 2019
UC Davis Wine Grape Irrigation Short Course
https://ucanr.edu/sites/Water_Program_2019/

Vit Tips - July 2020

- Spur Pruning and Minimal Pruning on Raisin Grape

- Bunch Rot

- Pierce’s Disease in the San Joaquin Valley

and many other topics

Botrytis On The Rise

A new issue is available for Vit Tips (Previously newsletter VineLines).

Fall 2019 Vit Tips Contents:

The UCCE SJV Viticulture Newsletter, Vit Tips, is back with new team members on board! Please welcome Karl Lund, UCCE Madera, Merced, and Mariposa Counties Viticulture Advisor and Gabriel Torres, UCCE Tulare and Kings Counties Viticulture Advisor. They will be valuable resources for grape growers and industry in the SJV. They will be eager to have farm visits and initiate the discussion about critical research and extension for your production system!

This new issue focuses on:

• Heat prevention
• Nematodes resistant rootstock
• Vineyard nematodes management
• Viticulture meetings and events

December 2019 Vit Tips Contents:

This new issue focuses on:

• Managing Diseases in a Rainy Year
• Vineyard Post-harvest Management Tips
• Sudden Vine Collapse
• Viticulture upcoming meetings and events

Vit Tips - April 2020

- Assessing Fungicide Resistance in Your Vineyard

- Phylloxera in the San Joaquin Valley

- Vineyard Early Season Management

and many other topics

Vit Tips - January 2021

- Fungicide Application in Young Vineyards Protect Pruning Wounds from Grapevine Trunk Diseases

- Effect of Smoke on Grape Production in the San Joaquin Valley

- Pruning and Trunk Diseases

and many other topics