Winter finds us pruning and preparing for another season. Up and down the coast last season was extremely difficult. We can only hope for better weather and this coming year.
Pruning on the frost-safe blocks has started and will continue until the end of next month. We wait to prune the frost sensitive blocks until we have buds starting to push, which slows their growth in spring and gives us less days with frost risk and green tissue.
Rainfall this season started out very well. In early January RME already showed way above normal with many individual days recording more than 5 inches in 24 hours!
Chilling in early winter is very important for grapes,and southern California frequently can be a problem. We started out with good chilling, and hope for cool temps the balance of the winter.
Until next time,
Corky Roche
Salinas, CA
Corky Roche's website: http://www.rochevineyardconsulting.com
Follow Corky Roche on twitter: http://twitter.com/rovinco
Until next time,
Corky Roche
Salinas, CA
Corky Roche's website: http://www.rochevineyardconsulting.com
Follow Corky Roche on twitter: http://twitter.com/rovinco
