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Frost Advisory tomorrow morning.


As you may noticed, temperature has been declining since this morning. National weather service is issuing frost advisory from 4 to 9 am tomorrow (Monday) morning for Frederick county. Please check your local weather. Recent series of rain events are providing enough moisture to vines to push their shoots rapidly, and these succulent tissues are sensitive to stresses. If you are the lucky one with one of air circulation systems (propeller etc), this may be the time to use it. Hopefully, your vines won't experience frost damages.

Our Chardonnay was about 80% 7-8 leaves unfolded (~10-inch or longer), and Cabernet sauvignon was about 20% 7-8 leaves unfolded (7~10-inch) as of today.

(Phomopsis symptoms on a vine in our experimental vineyard, 5/17/09)

As for disease concerns, we experienced rains and thunderstorms yesterday from 6:20 pm to 10 pm, then there are light rains here and there until 2 am or so. The relative humidity was above 90% until 3:20 am. Temperature started off with 64 F and ended with 55.4 F during this >9 hour of wetness period. It was good for Phomopsis infection, powdery mildew ascospore discharge, and downy mildew sporulation.
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