<div dir="auto">Thank you Mary!<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ken Swegles<br>Owner/Viticulturist<br>Skyline Viticulture LLC<br>Madson Wines<br>(831) 454-6045</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM Mary Lindsay <<a href="mailto:mary@munsvineyard.com">mary@munsvineyard.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div align="left"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello, everyone:<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Below is a link to the recording of
Paul Crout's
presentation
on Vineyard
Fertility/Nutrition
at our Jan. 20
meeting. </font><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Paul covered </font><b>"Fertility
Planning A to
Z"</b>:
building a
comprehensive
fertility
program for
wine grapes,
including
sample
interpretation,
application
methods,
timing, rates,
etc., forms of
common
fertilizers
(conventional
and organic),
the importance
of nutrient
balance, etc.
The
presentation
details the
nutritional
needs of the
vines at key
stages:
budbreak,
pre-bloom,
bloom, berry
development,
veraison, and
post-harvest.
This is a
2-hour
presentation,
and he ends
with a
discussion of
organics. <br>
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Paul is an
agronomist
&
viticulturist
with over 26
years
experience
working in and
consulting for
vineyards from
Santa Barbara
to Napa,
including
managing 900
acres of wine
grapes in Paso
Robles, and is
currently the
Agronomy-Organics Manager for the Western U.S. for Helena
Agri-Enterprises. <i>More
about Paul
Crout below.</i><br>
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<b>Here is the
link and
passcode to
the recording:</b><br>
<div style="padding-bottom:6px"> Share link: <a style="color:#0d6bde;text-decoration:none;word-break:break-all;word-wrap:break-word;white-space:normal" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/t3htWzVCHYPkNER5igqSh9jHZ4jFdY4Aq029I6hdM1xz1gcVxNbXMdXKMqoocyVC.LdDwmhFKUsfXtfUg" target="_blank">
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/t3htWzVCHYPkNER5igqSh9jHZ4jFdY4Aq029I6hdM1xz1gcVxNbXMdXKMqoocyVC.LdDwmhFKUsfXtfUg
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<i>Please
note:
unfortunately
there is an
echo on the
sound that
makes it
distracting to
listen to the
recording, but
it is do-able,
and you have
all the
slides. The
recording was
made with the
knowledge of
and
cooperation of
Paul Crout for
distribution
to our
members.</i><br>
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<br>
Thank you to
Bob and Dean
Prikazsky for
hosting this
meeting at El
Vaquero.<br>
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<div align="left"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Cheers,<br>
The VASCM
Board:<br>
- Mary
Lindsay, Muns
Vineyard<br>
- Ken Swegles,
Rhizos
Viticulture/Skyline
Viticulture<br>
- Richard
Hanke, Redwood
Grade Vineyard<br>
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<b>More About
Paul Crout:<br>
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<span lang="EN">Paul
has been
working for
Helena
Agri-Enterprises since the end of 2013 in various roles, currently
serving as the
AGRIntelligence-Agronomy-Organics Manager for the Western US.<span> </span>He leads the Agronomy and Agriculture
Technology
business along
with Helena’s
Organic
efforts across
10 States in
the Western
US.<span> </span>His team of 16 Agronomists &
AGRIntelligence
Technicians
support
Helena’s sales
group on
everything
from mapping
to nutrient
budgets to
irrigation
scheduling.<span> </span>His areas of expertise include plant
nutrition,
soil-plant-water
relations,
organic
systems and
pest
management.<br>
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</span><span lang="EN"><span> </span>A native of the Central Coast now
living in
Templeton,
Paul graduated
in 1999 from
Cal Poly SLO
with a BS in
Physical
Geography with
extensive
coursework in
Micro-Biology,
Chemistry,
Plant Biology,
Soils and
Geology.<span> </span>Paul is a Licensed PCA, QAL and a
Certified Crop
Advisor (CCA)
with Nitrogen
Management and
Sustainability
Certifications.<span> </span>Over the past 26
years, Paul
has consulted
for vineyard
properties
from Santa
Barbara to
Napa, managed
900 acres of
wine grapes in
Paso Robles,
and worked as
an
Agricultural
Pest Control
Advisor on the
Central Coast.<span> </span>Previous to his current employment,
Paul was a
Vineyard
Manager &
Viticulturist
for Vineyard
Professional
Services in
Paso Robles,
CA.<br>
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</span><span lang="EN"> Paul
currently
serves as
Ex-Officio of
the Board for
the California
Association of
Pest Control
Advisors in
Sacramento and
as a member of
the Cal Poly,
San Luis
Obispo Plant
Science
Department
Industry
Advisory
Council.<span> </span>Paul also completed an 18-month
fellowship
with the
prestigious
California
Agricultural
Leadership
Program as a
member of
Class 48. </span><br>
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