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Upcoming Field Courses
Post Bloom Vineyard Management Tailgate with Texas A&M AgriLife
May 14, 2021 • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CST
Tosca Winery
231 Hostetter Road • New Waverly, Texas 77358
Free Event
Join Fritz Westover of Virtual Viticulture Academy and Fran Pontasch, Viticulturist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension for this free event.
This event is made possible in collaboration with Texas A&M and will not be recorded.
- Post-bloom canopy management
- Crop estimation and regulation
- Spray program updates with Q&A
- And more…
Free Event – No Registration/Membership Required!
Organic/Regenerative Winegrowing Practices Field Day
May 22, 2021 • 9:00 am – 3:00 pm PST
Paicines Ranch
13388 Airline Hwy • Paicines, CA 95043
Registration Limited to 25 Attendees
- Introduction to Watson (high cordon) Training System
- Systematic review of vine training and pruning through vineyard establishment
- Integration of sheep in the vineyard
- Assessing vineyard nutrition with soil, plant tissue and plant sap analysis, and organic fertilizer inputs
- And more…
Managing a Vineyard After a Late Spring Freeze
May 29, 2021 • 9:30 am – 11:00 am EST
Trillium Vineyard
1994 Old Bush Mill Rd • Bremen, GA 30110
Free Event – Limited to 25 Attendees
- Options for retraining freeze damaged vines
- Recovering cordons from freeze damaged shoots
- Overview of canopy management on 3 vine training systems: Vertical Shoot Positioned, Watson & Geneva Double Curtain
- Mid-season ground and foliar fertilization strategies
- And more…
Previous Field Courses
Spur Pruning High Cordon Watson Trained Vines
February 20th 2021
Recording – Coming Soon
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Spur Pruning VSP, Watson, & Geneva Double Curtain
Trained Vines
February 24th 2021
2 hours of detailed spur pruning training on Vertical Shoot Positioned, Watson System, and Geneva Double Curtain trained vines.
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Cane Pruning Vertical Shoot Positioned Vines
February 26th 2021
45 minutes of multiple scenarios for cane pruning Vertical Shoot Positioned trained vines.
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Spur Pruning Vertical Shoot Positioned Vines +
Young Vine Training
January 29th 2021
Over 30 minutes of targeted video training on Vertical Shoot Position spur pruning and young vine training.
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Spur Pruning Vertical Shoot Positioned Vines +
Young Vine Training – Spanish
January 29th 2021
Targeted video training on Vertical Shoot Position spur pruning and young vine training in Spanish.
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Pre-Bloom Canopy Management & Vine Training Field Course
April 3rd 2020
Over an hour of in-the-field recorded footage covering multiple canopy management and vine training scenarios, including:
- Shoot thinning – which shoots stay and which go, when and why
- Early season canopy management and leaf removal demonstration
- Timing of canopy management to improve efficiency
- And more…
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Pruning Field Course 2020
January 18th 2020
An hour of recorded hands-on pruning education and best practices, including:
- Selection of healthy cane wood
- Proper spacing and counting of buds
- Pruning to promote vine longevity
- Common pruning mistakes and how to avoid them
- Fungal diseases of pruning wounds and options for prevention
- And more…
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Canopy Management
Field Course 2019
April 12th 2019
Over an hour of recorded hands-on instruction on canopy management best practices to improve fruit ripening and quality, enhance disease control and establish and maintain permanent vine structure , including:
- Shoot thinning and leaf removal strategies
- Managing excessive canopy vigor
- Assessing crop load and balance
- Grapevine tissue sampling demonstration
- Young vine training
- And more…
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Pruning Field Course 2019
February 8th 2019
An hour of recorded hands-on instruction on pruning methods and preparing your vineyard for the growing season, including:
- Demonstration of cane and spur pruning
- Correct pruning methods
- Selecting fruitful wood
- Spacing spurs & buds
- Training young vines
- And more…
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Pre-Bloom Field Course 2018
April 11th 2018
Over an hour of recorded hands-on pre-bloom education and demonstration including activities such as:
- Assessing spray coverage
- Sampling grapevine tissue
- Strategically removing leaves
- Assessing canopy health & crop load
- Scheduling irrigation
- And more…
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Pruning Field Course 2018
February 28th 2018
52 minutes of recorded of hands-on education and demonstration for pruning activities, such as:
- Training young vines
- Selecting fruitful wood
- Spacing spurs & buds
- Balancing crop load
- Correct pruning methods
- And more…
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