VASCM: More Free Webinars For VASCM From VVA: Pre-Bloom Canopy Management, Crop Load Adjustment, Mid-Season Practices

[Mary Lindsay]

Hello, everyone:

There is some new information and free webinars available to you from 
the Virtual Viticulture Academy, more benefits and further follow-up to 
the Zoom meeting we had with Fritz Westover a week ago:

- The *links have been activated**to two webinars* on the VVA's *Free 
Trial Page* 
<https://www.virtualviticultureacademy.com/be-a-better-grape-grower/> 
for our members: on *Pruning*, and the *Pre-Bloom Canopy Management & 
Vine Training Field Course*. We announced this last week but you may 
have noticed that the links were missing. They are now there and you can 
view the videos. The Pre-Bloom Canopy Management course includes:
         - 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  .
The *Free Trial Page* 
<https://www.virtualviticultureacademy.com/be-a-better-grape-grower/> 
will be available until the end of May.


- *The $25 membership discount has been extended to this Wednesday, May 
13 *(even though it still says May 8)*. *Membership gives you access to 
all the member-only content online, plus new webinar material and a 
20-minute vineyard planning call with Fritz. . /More information at: 
//https://mailchi.mp/virtualviticultureacademy/santa_cruz-7093644 /


- Upon special request by one of our members who wanted to hear more 
about *crop load adjustment* during our Zoom meeting:

  * *On May 18* at 1:30pm CST Fritz will give a *30 minute webinar talk
    about 2020 crop load adjustment. * Registration info will be
    forthcoming.


- *T**he link to the Zoom meeting* we had with Fritz Westover a week ago 
is at https://mailchi.mp/virtualviticultureacademy/santa_cruz_recording .
Those who were there can review it again, and if you missed it you're in 
luck! You can still watch it, and you'll see some familiar faces among 
the participants. Topics addressed include:

  * Wrapping up pruning/assessing pruning work
  * Shoot thinning strategies
  * Preparing your disease management program
  * Young vine training tips
  * Balancing crop levels and quality with the current market


- And, as mentioned during our Zoom meeting, you are invited to register 
for this FREE webinar on June 3:


  *!! FREE WEBINAR !!*
  *Mid Season Vineyard Strategies*
  June 3rd | 7:00-8:30 PM CST

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Get energized for the heart of the season with our */FREE/* interactive 
webinar discussing the 4 vineyard strategies to focus on during the 
mid-season for a successful harvest with live Q&A following each of the 
4 strategies.

*REGISTER - FOR FREE* 
<https://virtualviticultureacademy.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f91419beabf0f851b8e47aa0b&id=537bd4c5c7&e=dcaa465be9> 


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* <https://www.virtualviticultureacademy.com/be-a-better-grape-grower/>

Virtual Viticulture Academy & Advising has been providing viticulture 
education online for the past few years and is an ideal resource during 
this time when we are not able to meet. Take advantage and benefit from 
this valuable resource that is being made available to VASCM members.

Stay well!
Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard

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