by Deac Jones | Mar 21, 2017 | News
I was talking to a very experienced vineyard manager last week who shared with me his experiment of converting a small number of acres to biodynamic. It was something that he decided to instigate, with the blessing of the vineyard owner, as he was curious about the...
by Deac Jones | Mar 14, 2017 | Grapes, Soil Biology
Last week I was walking vineyards above the Alexander Valley near Geyserville, where they’ve received an overabundance of rain this winter, with a customer. As much of the vineyard remained saturated, our conversation turned to what happens to nutrients that have been...
by Deac Jones | Mar 13, 2017 | Related Articles
Shoot Growth and Anthesis in Vitis by Charlotte Pratt and B.G. Coombe vitas-vea In the majority of shoots on a grapevine the number of internodes is fairly constant at anthesis. The number of visible internodes was higher in Vitis vinifera L. (16-19) then in V....
by Deac Jones | Mar 7, 2017 | Biostimulants
I attended the Bio Controls Conference in Reno, Nevada last week. I found much of the content presented at the conference to be extremely interesting, especially the latest information on agricultural biostimulants. Agricultural biostimulants include diverse...
by Deac Jones | Feb 27, 2017 | News
Dear Friends of Andaman Ag, The last two of our newsletters have addressed problems and solutions associated with poor fruit set. I’ve received several questions and inquiries from growers and I’ve reached out to growers that are using our products to get...
