Okay, I know I've been doing my fair share of complaining these days, but it just keeps getting worse!!
Saturday we had a big thunderstorm, it rained hard for at least an hour and then continued to rain steadily for several more. It's nice to have a bit of rain at this point, but of course I was worried about mildew... On Sunday at choir someone mentioned that it had hailed too. Hmm I hadn't noticed, and usually I'm quite aware of such things...
Well yesterday morning at the crack of dawn I went down to
spray another round of bouillie bordelaise and sulfur, the Grenache vineyard we call Lauzettes was fine, looked great. Then I went to the Syrah, and suddenly I started seeing grapes that were brown and split open. Geez, I was just down here Wednesday and there was no sign of trouble, then it dawned on me: Hail!!! It's only on the western facing side of the rows, and there is a fair amount. Yet a smaller crop for 2008! Soon we'll just decide to go on vacation rather then harvesting our grapes, since there aren't going to be any more!
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Posted by: Adeline | July 15, 2008 at 05:45 PM
Ay! Keep fighting the good fight! Man, I thought it was rough when birds swooped upon my backyard tomatoes the moment they were perfectly ripe...but whole vineyards full of potential goods and bads, wow!
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Jeb
Posted by: Jeb | July 17, 2008 at 08:03 AM