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Would that sprayer be capable of reaching the upper branches of semi-dwarf fruit trees? Say 15 ft tall? H

Yes, when they are long enough and strong enough to take the abuse. If I haven't hopelessly fallen behind, I start shoot positioning around the 3rd week of June in Iowa when most shoots are at least 4 feet long or so. H

How many vines in total are you going to plant? What is your soil like? Is it high in organic matter? H

I added Assail to my rotation for JB and have not seen any phylloxera this year. Last year it was really bad, to the point that the lost leaf area was a concern for some varieties like La Crosse. idk if the difference is due to weather differences or if the Assail wiped them out early.

How many trunks are you trying to grow? Do you have pencil thick shoots all the way to the top wire? If you are growing two trunks, bend them over and train one in each direction along the wire. For a single trunk, there is controversy on whether you should pinch off the trunk a bit above the...

https://blog-fruit-vegetable-ipm.extension.umn.edu/2020/07/japanese-beetle-management-and-choosing.html Walked the vineyard yesterday and collected a mason jar of JB by hand. Noticed that swarms were forming in rows that I had just walked 5 minutes prior. Decided to make my second and final...

Can you smell this sulphur without tasting? Rotten eggs or sewer like smell? If so, then it is an H2S problem. Treat with reduless or do a splash racking For future kids, buy separate yeast nutrients like FermaidK H

Excessive laterals and leaves in the fruit zone should be removed to promote good airflow, good canopy penetration of pesticides, even cluster ripening and the development of good flavor compounds, but you don't want to over expose the fruit to the sun either. Beyond cluster zone lateral and...

what year are your vines? Are you talking all laterals, or specific ones? H

Is this a single wire trellis, or double wire like GDC? If they have reached the center of the next vine on a single wire, then it is time to pinch them off. Pinch half way between the vines, with some overlap, say about a foot. Remove that overlap during winter pruning. Pinching now will give...

Some of the lesions in the middle pic look like black rot. The last pic looks like downy mildew to me. Are these varieties susceptible to those diseases? H

Hope it works out for you. I have seen the end posts on my H braces pivot forward a few inches over the course of 7 years, and H braces move the tension load down near the ground so it has a shorter lever arm. The end posts are buried 4 feet deep. If the vertical load of fruit and vines in that...

Side question, are you planning to add additional anchoring to your end posts, or is that the finished product? H

What are the tubes protecting the vines from right now? H

I don't cluster thin until after berry set. I read an article once that said cluster thinning too soon will cause the vine to compensate by making larger berries. That is typically not desired. Plus, weather may impact how well your pollination and berry set goes, and that might impact which...

Any updates? I can't say what the brown is without seeing a pic, and even that may not help a hobby grower like me. That said, you should be ok. The buds that sprouted have secondary and tertiary shoots that can spring into action of the primary shoot fails. And if all those fail, base buds on...

Research how much of the plant you should retain above the ground. I have no experience with this, but if it is anything like planting new vines or fruit trees, then you would want to reduce the amount of vegetation above ground that the damaged root system is trying to support. If I were in...

Since you already have cordons, your goal is to produce good spurs for next year, while also supporting root growth with adequate vegetation. In addition to removing suckers, some shoot thinning is probably in order. Remove some of the weak shoots that emerged from base buds in among stronger...

Are you planning to take a crop this year?

Verona is the other Plocher variety to consider. You might get enough summer heat to get it ripe. If I were in your shoes, my choice would come down to Verona or Crimson Pearl, depending on microclimate. I don't grow Crimson Pearl, but it is a sibling of Petite Pearl, with lighter color and...