From the Vine Newsletter

In This Issue

• Effect of Variety, Cordon Height, and Irrigation on Mechanical Pruned Vineyard in Southern SJV
• Tackle Summer Bunch Rot and Sour Rot Now
• Table Grapes Needs Assessment Summary
• Impacts of Rootstocks on Performance and Fruit Quality of Mature 'Autumn King' Vines
• Trialing Nematode Resistant Rootstocks for Use in The San Joaquin Valley
• Introducing Our New IPM Advisor, Idongesit U. Mokwunye
• Upcoming Meeting - Oakville Grape Day, June 5th
• Research Project: Effects of On-Farm Solar Development on California's Farms  

The UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology Extension Team will be On the Road in Kern County       on Wednesday, April 10th!

• See attached for agenda and registration link

The UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology Extension Team will be On the Road in Kern County       on Wednesday, April 10th!

• See attached for agenda and registration link

• 2024 Southern San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium
• Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Tulare County Ag Building
• See attached for agenda and registration link 

• Tuesday, November 28th at UC Davis Shafter Farm
• See attached for agenda, map, and free registration link

• Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
• See flyer for agenda - no registration is required

• A Welcome Back to Vit Tips
• Tian Tian Continues as Viticulture Advisor for Kern County
• Joy Hollingsworth Begins as New Table Grape Advisor for Tulare and Kings Counties
• After A Wet Winter: What You Should Do and Shouldn't Do
• Passive Measures to Reduce Impacts of Late Spring Frosts
• Biostimulants in Raisin Grapes
• Erratic Bud Break and Irregular Shoot Growth in Spring: Potential Causes and What Can Be Done to Fix Them
• Vineyard Weed Control After a Wet Winter
• Crop Manage Workshop and In-field Training - April 19th
• SJV Wine Growers Association Grower Field Meeting - April 12th

Greeting!

2023 Southern San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium will be held on Feb 1^st, 2023 (Wednesday) at Kern Ag Pavilion in Bakersfield, CA. Three hours of DPR Continuing Education (CE) units (0.5 unit in laws and regulation and 2.5 units in others) and 2.5 hours CCA CE units have been requested. Please see agenda attached.

The registration fee is $15 per person with advance registration and $20 per person at the door.

We thank Consolidated Central Valley Table Grape Pest and Disease Control District for sponsoring the symposium. Look forward to seeing you in February!

Happy holidays!

Tian Tian                                                                               

Viticulture Farm Advisor for Kern County

• Are you interested in securing funding for your IPM program and other conservation practices?
• Check out the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)!

University of California Cooperative Extension is recruiting for the position of Table Grape Advisor for Tulare and Kings Counties.

Each candidate will give a 20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions and answers via Zoom. The public is invited to attend any or all of these presentations. The search committee welcomes your evaluation of the presentations.

See attached for agenda and presentation links. 

PLEASE NOTE: Flyer is revised to indicate correct location information to coordinate with Google pin. 

• Pruning Demonstrations in two sessions - January 5th and January 12th
• See attached for session information and locations - no registration is required - Hosted by UCCE Kern County

• 2022 Southern San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium
• Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Kern Agricultural Pavilion
• See attached for agenda and registration link 

• Learn about Cover Cropping in the San Joaquin Valley
• See attached for information and registration links

• Invitation to complete survey for improving nutrient management practices in vineyards
• See attached for information and survey link 

• Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 9:00am to 12:15pm 
• See agenda and registration link for Zoom event

• Fungicide Application in Young Vineyards Protect Pruning Wounds from Grapevine Trunk Diseases and Provides Long-Term Economic Benefit
• Effect of Smoke on Grape Production in the San Joaquin Valley
• Pruning and Trunk Diseases
• Vit Tips Staff/Contributing Authors 
• IPM Extension available in Spanish
• Upcoming Zoom Meeting, February 22nd - UC Davis Viticulture and Enology on the Road in Madera, Mariposa, and Merced Counties  

• Tian Tian, our new Viticulture Advisor

• UCCE Tulare County
• Friday, March 13, 2020
• See attached for Agenda

• Recruitment for position of Viticulture Advisor
• The public is invited to attend
• See attached for more information

• Grape Day - Wednesday, August 14, 2019
• UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
• Attendance is free, see more for information 

• Gabriel Torres, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare

In This Issue

• Evaluation of Sprayable Pheromone for Vine Mealybug in Grapes
• Effects of Excessive Nitrogen in Table Grapes
• Resident Vegetation vs. Weeds:  Weeds in Your Vineyard Cover Crop
• Wet Spring Fungal Diseases
• Effects of Node Position and Cane Length on Yield Components
• Upcoming events

In this issue:

Invitation to attend the “Southern San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium” on January 30^th, 2017

Invitation to Join the “Dialogue on Herbicide Resistant Weeds” during the World Ag Expo 2017

Hi All,

Please provide your name and address if you wish to receive a hard copy of Vit Tips newsletter.

Regards,

Ashraf El-kereamy

UCCE Viticulture advisor, Kern County

Dear All,

Attached is the link for a new issue of the Vit Tips newsletter,

Regards,

Ashraf El-kereamy

Viticulture Advisor,

UCCE KERN

• Water Management Strategies For Perennial Crops With Limited and Impaired Water Supplies
• January 12th and January 13th in Modesto, CA

Dear All,

Please find attached the new issue of the Vit Tips Newsletters,

Regards,

Ashraf

UCCE-KERN Viticulture Advisor

 Dear All,

Attached is the announcement for the:

2015 Glassy-winged Sharpshooter/Pierce's Disease Field Day.

Date: Wednesday, Aug 26, 2015 from 9AM to 11AM

Location: 1.3 miles East of Rock Pile Road on Buena Vista Blvd.

(1.3 miles East of DiGiorgio Elementary School, NE of Arvin)

Hope to see you all there,

Regards,

Ashraf El-kereamy

UCCE-Kern Viticulture Advisor

Dear All,

Please find attached the second issue of the new San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Newsletter (Vit Tips).  

Please let me know if you prefer to have a hard copy.

Ashraf El-kereamy

California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)

Grapevine Registration and Certification Program

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

University of California Cooperative Extension Kern County

1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93307 

Dear All,

Please find attached the first issue of the new San Joaquin Valley Viticulture Newsletter (Vit Tips). It is a collective Newsletters that cover San Joaquin Valley Viticulture by the new hired UCCE viticulture advisors and Matthew Fidelibus, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist at Keaney Ag Center.

 Allison Ferry-Abee (Tulare and Kings)

George Zhuang (Fresno)

Lindsay Jor-dan (Madera, Merced, and Maripo-sa)

Ashraf El Kearemy (Kern)

Matthew Fidelibus ( UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Kearny Agricultural Center)

Please let me know if you prefer to have a hard copy.

Ashraf El kereamy

UC Davis Viticulture and Enology - On The Road In Parlier

Tuesday, March 31, 2015   8:30 am - 1:30 pm

Centennial Celebration - Thursday, August 21, 2014 - Kern Ag Pavilion

Workshop flyer with corrected contact for Brian Marsh, 661-868-6210

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter/Pierce's Disease Field Day

Thursday, October 24, 2013        

- Vineyard Thoughts on What I See
- Powdery Mildew Control

Almond Irrigation update article.

Gibberellic acid treatment guidelines