Oh dear

[barbiek]

No they are NOT grafted

Thank you TonyR!

 

[grapeman]

Will it ever end this year? Snow that is. The forecast for tonight is an inch of snow overnight with one to three inches tomorrow. At least with the coolish weather we have had the buds aren't pushing yet. Some varieties are swelling but budbreak is a ways out yet. I may be able to finish pruning before the buds break. I have about two weeks of pruning every day left at this point.

 

[ibglowin]

Its an unsettled week again here. Front pushing through tonight and Tuesday with a chance of a freeze Tuesday morning, then one nice day, then back to back to back pacific fronts moving through with rain/snow in the higher elevations. Last week we got ~0.5" of rain and up in Lost Almost they got 10" of heavy wet snow. Moisture is always welcome here. My Marquette is pushing and is days away from bud break on the one by the patio which is on the south side of the house so warmer area. Fingers crossed the cool/wet weather this week keeps things shut down for the most part.

 

[GreginND]

We may be past frost danger at this point. Hoping for no late frosts. My Brianna and Marquette are starting to swell.

 

[RedSun]

Marquette. Others are coming up too.

 

[mgmarty]

Here in Utah, we are having a very wet and mild spring. Vines are leafing out, and it's looking like I might not have to fight any frosts!

 

[grapeman]

Here in Utah, we are having a very wet and mild spring. Vines are leafing out, and it's looking like I might not have to fight any frosts! View attachment 28755

Uh Oh. Never say something like that. Now it is sure to be an arctic blast and blizzard settling in there in Utah!

 

[barbiek]

It's calling for some showers tonight my marguerite are starting to bud and my table grapes are leafing out! And I just took a round yesterday and not much activity was happening! What a difference a day makes in the grape growing world! I decided to take a round today cuz I spotted some green happening that wasn't there yesterday! Oh the anticipation!! Hope everyone has a healthy and bountiful harvest this year!

 

[GreginND]

Oh dear. Our worst case scenario is coming true. Last week 90 temps encouraged buds to leaf out. Now this.

 

[ColemanM]

Good luck!!

 

[grapeman]

Hopefully the wind will keep up. That could keep frost from settling in and often will save the crop. Good luck.

 

[NorCal]

Oh dear. Our worst case scenario is coming true. Last week 90 temps encouraged buds to leaf out. Now this.

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Holy Smoly, that's a crazy swing in temps.

 

[GreginND]

So it dipped down to 29 degrees for several hours last night. It looks like anything with unfurled leaves were damaged. That would be about 20% of my frontenac and Frontenac blanc vines. Buds where there were leaves but not yet unfurled may be ok but I can't tell yet until they grow a little more. That's about another 30% of my primary buds. It looks like all the other buds that were swollen but not broken out are fine. But a few days will tell me more. So much for an ideal winter and spring.









I found one that seems to have escaped.

 

[ColemanM]

That is just heartbreaking to look at.

 

[sour_grapes]

Sorry to hear it, Greg. Hope as much pulls through as botanically possible!

 

[grapeman]

I think most of us growing grapes in cold regions have experienced this at some point, sometimes worse than others. They will grow back and hopefully you can't even recognize the damage in a few weeks.

 

[havlikn]

Wisconsin is getting hit tonight with the same cold. Many growers are trying to protect their vines. In the Milwaukee area we are looking at record lows. One saving grace may be the wind has kept up

 

[mattyc]

Sorry about that Greg. I was out from 5-8 this morning with a hose spraying down my 30 vines in the twin cities. Lost most of the tomato plants in the garden, but the vines appear to have made it. Tonight looks to be 2 or 3 degrees warmer than last night... Yeah!

 

[sour_grapes]

Wisconsin is getting hit tonight with the same cold. Many growers are trying to protect their vines. In the Milwaukee area we are looking at record lows. One saving grace may be the wind has kept up

Friend of mine was sailing on Lake Michigan today. And then it started snowing. Don't you hate when that happens?

 

[TonyR]

At 0600 this morning it was 34 but was raining/ snow mix. But tonight the weather guessers are calling for 33 and clear. If the wind is not a big factor i will try to cover my vines tonight. The clear sky just scaries the bejesus out of me: