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<div align="left"><b><font
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VASCM meeting will be on
Powdery <font
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Prevention &
Control: Spray
Options, Scheduling,
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- <i>and other fungal
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</font></b><font
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Bettiga, </font></b><font
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Farm Advisor, UCCE
Monterey, Santa Cruz and
San Benito Counties </b></font></div>
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<b>Date: Thursday, June 6</b></div>
<div align="left"><b>Location:
Storrs Winery &
Vineyards in Pleasant
Valley<br>
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<div align="left"><b>2:00pm:
Tour & talk with Pam
& Steve Storrs<br>
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<div align="left"><b>3:00pm:
Presentation<br>
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</b>The prolonged rains have
put a lot of pressure on our
vineyards for mildew and
other fungal diseases,
including phomopsis and
botrytis. This next VASCM
meeting will address mildew
control, including spray
options, scheduling,
rotation, resistance issues
- and mitigating other
fungal diseases as well.
Larry Bettiga is UCCE
Viticulture Farm Advisor for
Santa Cruz, Monterey and San
Benito Counties and author,
<i>Grape Pest Management. </i>
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<div align="left"> The meeting
will be held at Storrs
Winery & Vineyards in
Pleasant Valley (address and
directions below). Starting
at 2:00 Pam & Steve
Storrs will give us a tour
of their organic vineyard
(planted to Chardonnay and
Pinot Noir) and talk about
their sustainable practices
both in the vineyard and in
restoring and protecting the
riparian corridor the
vineyard is located in. This
includes erosion control and
soil restoration (aided by
the flock of baby doll sheep
that graze the vineyard in
the winter), working with
the Wild Farm Alliance to
protect wildlife, and the
'zero energy'' solar-powered
winery and recently opened
tasting room with 2-foot
thick walls made of
soy-based foam insulation. <br>
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chair. As
usual, please
bring a bottle
of wine to
share. This is
an opportunity
to compare
notes on the
impact of this
year's weather
so far on our
vineyards. <br>
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Thank you to <font
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Steve Storrs for</font>
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<div align="left"><font
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forward to seeing you next
Thursday, June 6.<br>
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Regards,<br>
The VASCM Board:<br>
- Mary Lindsay<br>
- Ken Swegles<br>
- June Salsbury<br>
- Rick Clarke</div>
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<div align="left">Directions
to Storrs Winery &
Vineyard:</div>
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Pleasant Valley Rd., Aptos
95003<br>
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