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<div align="left"><b><font
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next VASCM meeting
will be on Powdery <font
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Prevention &
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Options, Scheduling,
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- <i>and other
fungal problems</i> </font></font></b><b><b><font
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</font><font
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Farm Advisor, UCCE
Monterey, Santa Cruz
and San Benito
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<b>Date: Tomorrow,
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> </div>
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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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suggest you
bring your own
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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<div align="left"><font
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forward to seeing you
tomorrow, 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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