GRAPEVINE SHOOT THINNING FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS

If shoot thinning were a book or movie it might be entitled Pruning: The Final Chapter.  Quite simply, shoot thinning, which is the selective removal of shoots, enhances the viticultural effects of pruning and in some ways, finishes the pruning job.  Here we will...

FROST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR VINEYARDS

The rarity of early season frosts is among the many natural assets of California that lend themselves to winegrape growing.  Still, when frosts occur the results can be economically devastating, with low revenues for the growing season due to significant yield loss...

Barn Owl Research

The LWC is in its third year of successful collaboration with Mark Browning and PG&E to research and promote the use of barn owls to control rodents in Lodi vineyards. In January, the Research and Education Committee voted to fund Browning’s third year of data...