VASCM: Your Input Invited for Upcoming Meetings: Your Rainfall, Storm Damage, Your Biggest Concerns for Your Vineyard

Ken Swegles rhizosviticulture at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 02:35:30 GMT 2023


Ascona Vineyard:

2022-38.41"

2023 (last two weeks)~>28"
-our last strom has not registered yet but we were above 26 1/2 inches since the new year!

Cheers,

Ken Swegles
Viticulturist  
Rhizos Viticulture LLC
(831) 454-6045




Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 4:29 PM -0800 from mary at munsvineyard.com  <mary at munsvineyard.com>:
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>                                                everyone:
>
>I'd like to
>                                                invite your input for
>                                                our upcoming Zoom
>                                                meeting with Fritz
>                                                Westover on the 23rd,
>                                                and also for scheduling
>                                                a meeting with Rich
>                                                Casale and the NRCS on
>                                                Vineyard Storm Damage
>                                                Repair & Erosion
>                                                Prevention (date TBD but
>                                                aiming for mid-Feb.). 
>                                                Given the constant
>                                                deluge over the past few
>                                                weeks I think many of us
>                                                are interested to hear
>                                                what others are
>                                                experiencing. So I'd
>                                                like to invite some
>                                                information sharing (and
>                                                if you prefer you can
>                                                reply to me privately):
>
>-  What
>                                                  have been your
>                                                  rainfall totals?   
>                                                For the rainy season so
>                                                far (first significant
>                                                rain was in Sept.)?  For
>                                                the month of Dec.? 
>                                                Since the beginning of
>                                                this year?  At Muns
>                                                Vineyard up on the Loma
>                                                Prieta ridge we've had
>                                                42.6" for the season,
>                                                13.5" since Jan. 1, and
>                                                22"+ in December.
>
>-  Have
>                                                  you experienced any
>                                                  storm damage? Erosion?
>                                                  Flooding? Damage to
>                                                  structures?   If
>                                                you have, would you be
>                                                interested and willing
>                                                to have a meeting at
>                                                your property with Rich
>                                                Casale as the speaker
>                                                (which would give you
>                                                his expert consultation,
>                                                too)?  Funding is
>                                                available through the
>                                                NRCS to help defray
>                                                repair expenses.
>
>-  What
>                                                  are your biggest
>                                                  concerns presently for
>                                                  your vineyard? Fritz Westover can
>                                                address your issues
>                                                during his webinar on
>                                                the 23rd. Fritz will
>                                                address a range of
>                                                issues on preparing for
>                                                the 2023 vintage,
>                                                including:
>- The effect
>                                                of saturated soils on
>                                                nutrients and uptake;
>                                                vine nutrition
>- Canopy
>                                                management - impact of
>                                                high rainfall, etc.,
>                                                pruning
>- Preparing
>                                                for heat waves
>And is there
>                                                anything else you would
>                                                like to hear him
>                                                address?
>
>
>Thanks much.
>                                                And stay dry and safe. 
>
>
>Regards,
>Mary Lindsay
>Muns
>                                                Vineyard  
>                                                munsvineyard.com
>VASCM   
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