Mark this date on your calendar – Friday, February 7th. This is the date of the 28th Annual Gulf Coast Grape Grower Field Day held annually in Cat Spring, Texas, and it will be held from 8:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Andrew Klein wrote about the 2019 event.
The 2020 event will also include different seminars throughout the day. This is the current agenda:
8:00 – 9:00 | Registration / Sign In |
8:15 – 9:15 | OPTIONAL: New Grower Session (Grower Perspective), please RSVP |
9:15 | Welcome / Introductions |
9:25 | Essentials of Grapevine Diseases & Pests (Fran Pontasch) |
9:45 | Overview of Vineyard Management Tasks (Fritz Westover) |
10:35 | Vine Nutrition: Sampling & Interpretation (Dr. Justin Scheiner) |
11:15 | Bacteriophage: An approach for Managing Pierce’s Disease (Dr. Carlos Gonzales) |
12:00 | LUNCH with TWGGA Director Dacota Haselwood & Stephen Morgan |
1:00 | Laws & Regulations of Applying Pesticides (Dr. Don Renchie) |
2:00 | Herbemont, the Wine & the Grape (Dr. George Ray McEachern, Bill Christopher) |
3:15 | Managing pH in the Winery (Dr. Botezatu, Aaron Essary) |
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., is payable at the door, and includes lunch. Registration fee is:
- $25 for Gulf Coast Winegrower Assoc
- $35 for non-members
If you have any questions, RSVP to: [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]
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