By: Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent Date: November 14, 2016 Grape Phylloxera: A Recent Call and Field Visit During the first week of November a grower sent in photos of grape phylloxera galls on leaves, and asked that this subject be discussed at the November OCPVA meeting. I examined the plants on November 14 just […]
Pre-Emergence Weed Control in Vineyards
Author: Thierry Besancon Alion® for Pre-Emergence Weed Control in Vineyards There have been numerous questions recently from growers about the use of Alion® (active ingredient: indaziflam) herbicide as they are planning their dormant-season herbicide program. Therefore, it may be useful to review some of the information about the use patterns of Alion® for weed control […]
Hilling-Up to Prevent Winter Injury in Vineyards
By: Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agricultural Agent; Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology; Peter Nitzsche, Morris County Agricultural Agent; Gary C. Pavlis, Atlantic County Agricultural Agent. Cooperative Extension of Rutgers University. Preventing Grapevine Winter Injury: Hilling-Up Shortly after Harvest Winter injury is the single most limiting factor to grape production in the Northern United States. […]
New AVA Proposed in New Jersey – The Cape May Peninsula
Notice No. 161: Proposed Establishment of the Cape May Peninsula Viticultural Area The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 126,635-acre “Cape May Peninsula” viticultural area in Cape May and Cumberland Counties, New Jersey. The proposed viticultural area lies entirely within the Outer Coastal Plain viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural […]
Assessing Winter Cold Injury in NJ Vineyards
2013-14 and 2014-15 Winter Injury Survey By: Hemant Gohil and Daniel Ward Following the very low temperatures during the winters of 2013-14 and 2014-15, many vineyards experienced cold damage to their grape vines. Rutgers New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education (NJCWRE) conducted a survey of NJ vineyards in spring of 2016 to assess […]