Shoot Growth and Anthesis in Vitis

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....

Critical Role of Crop 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...

Poor Fruit Set – FAQ

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...

Improved Set / Reduced Shatter – #2

With bud break around the corner or occurring in some places already, we can look forward to bloom and set shortly thereafter. It’s a couple week period that every grower dreads, hoping for fair weather and little wind as without a good set, the remaining year becomes...

Addressing Rain Soaked Soils

We all know that an adequate and balanced supply of all mineral nutrients is critical for optimum fruit set. I think this year is going to be especially challenging given the amount of rain that we’ve experienced and the amount of mineral flush and heavy leaching of...