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Spring & Summer Vineyard Care

Good spring and summer vineyard care is crucial to getting a good harvest of high quality wine grapes. Learn the principles of good canopy and crop load management; how to manipulate and/or thin shoots to maximize quality; when to cluster thin; the when and how to of good pest management including powdery mildew and botrytis control which needs to start early, the use of micronutrient sprays to enhance yield and quality. This will be mostly an inside lecture with some time spent in the vineyard.
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Instructor Gary Moulton started with the Fruit Horticulture department at the WSU Research Station in Mt. Vernon in 1980. In 1991 he took over management, direction, and leadership of the program. He holds a Master's from WSU in Plant Pathology specializing in fruit diseases, and a Bachelor's in Pomology/Fruit Science from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.