Monitoring Vineyard Nutrition
This article describes how to determine vineyard nutrient needs through tissue and soil sampling.
How to establish a wine grape vineyard
While the type of soil is important, location takes precedence when starting a vineyard for wine production.
The Role of Canopy Management in Vine Balance
Canopy management is critical to successful winegrape production. Canopy management begins with vineyard design and includes decisions about soil, water, cover cropping, fertilization and weed control. Shoot thinning, leaf removal, hedging and crop thinning are also part of canopy management.
Management of grapevine water status under irrigated and non-irrigated conditions
Information on vineyard water management, focusing on when to initiate irrigation.
Oregon Small Farm News
Oregon Small Farm News is a free online newsletter that concentrates on both commercial small farm entrepreneurs as well as non-commercial small acreage landowners. Our focus embraces organic/biological and conventional farming systems.
Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Oregon
A summary of the main trunk diseases causing issues in Oregon and management methods.
Grape pruning basics
All grapes require heavy pruning to produce fruit, but after the first three growing seasons, different types of grapes need different pruning. Wine grapes and muscadines usually need spur pruning, and American grapes, such as Concord and Thompson Seedless require cane pruning.