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    Is there a Doctor in the house?

    Thanks for the pointer. This seems to describe it pretty well. “Infected canes appear bleached during the dormant season. Severely affected canes or spurs exhibit an irregular dark brown to black discoloration intermixed with whitish bleached areas. The black specks visible in the bleached...
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    Is there a Doctor in the house?

    I wanted to share some pictures that I took right before pruning and see if anyone has similar patterns on their canes. What could cause these spots and what’s the remedy?
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    How do you blend?

    Thank you for all of the replies. I have been too busy with work and travel and catching up in the vineyard (where I’m terribly behind). I have not beeen a good farmer this year. Poor fruit set, some kind of disease or nutrient problem with the cab. But thanks again for the advice and...
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    How do you blend?

    I did not know that. Thanks!
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    How do you blend?

    We are aging all the varietal separately and then blending. I hadn’t thought about letting the “blended” bulk age in carboys any longer … I had assumed we would bottle immediately and let it sit another 6months or longer. But maybe back to carboy is a good idea. You could continue to taste...
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    How do you blend?

    We are doing a single blend (SuperTuscan). Sangiovese is the base with Merlot and Cab added in whatever ratios are needed to get the profile we like. So if we get 20 gallons of Sangiovese and we like a 50/25/25 blend….we would add 10 gallons of Merlot and 10 gallons of Cab. Any residuals we...
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    How do you blend?

    Calling blenders. I’m looking for some help on the setup for blending. Our three varietals were all fermented and aged separately. It’s fun to design the blend with all the experimantal tasting. But now comes the hard part. It’s time to produce the blend in volume. What size tank? How do you...
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    Best sprayer for 50 vines?

    This is very helpful! Thanks very much. I'm on VSP and would really like to eliminate the need to get the wand inside the foliage/fruit zone. I'm tired of hitting leaves, fruit and wires. If it can move an adequate amount of air/product through a VSP trellis then it just might be the deal...
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    Milwaukee battery backpack sprayer review

    Thanks for the link! I know it's only May, but do you feel pretty confident that it will generate enough pressure to be able to get through your canopy later this summer? I am still thinking about a Stihl or Solo air blaster, but I'm not much of a fan of having yet one more small gas...
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    Best sprayer for 50 vines?

    Sorry if I'm also violating rules by adding to this old thread. Could I ask @swv what sprayer you are using? I've convinced myself that my future lies in something other than a 2G hand pump that I've been using (I'm only on the 3rd year of our vineyard...so first couple of years gave me a...
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    Milwaukee battery backpack sprayer review

    I am in the market for a better sprayer (currently 2G hand pump). I hope you will post updates on this product, as it's on my short list, and I've always heard great things about Milwaukee tools. Love the concept about switchable tanks as well. However there are some very negative...
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    Anyone spraying liquid boron?

    I did this at my property after soil analysis. I will probably have to do it every few years. Sprayed diluted solution directly on the ground in between the vines, just before rain storms. Somewhere I read that you could also pour it on the ground under the drippers if you didn't have an...
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    Headspace in carboy

    Does anyone just add gas (e.g., argon or CO2) to their carboys?
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    Inert Gas

    I think this is the tank. I bought mine from a local home brew supplier but it looks nearly identical https://www.amazon.com/Tank-Aluminum-Cylinder-CGA320-Valve/dp/B00HQQ3WWE/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=5+lb.+Aluminum+Co2+Tank+for+Kegerator&qid=1610401515&sr=8-4 This is the regulator I ended...
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    Spraying after harvest

    It’s my first harvest from our vineyard (planted 2018 - didn’t grow any fruit first 2 years). I did spray through fall the first two years (stylet) sort of by accident I guess. No harvest those years so I just kept doing what I had been doing. But since we actually grew/picked grapes this year I...
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