by Lodi Growers | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog
New Fiscal Year, New Officers and Board Members Join the Lodi Winegrape Commission It’s always an exciting time of the year when new board members join our ranks. Yet, similar to the end of the calendar year, the end of the fiscal year is also bittersweet, with old...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Lodi, California winegrape growers have been farming responsibly for generations. An important part of farming responsibly means intentionally taking care of one’s resources. A farmer’s resources include the land, the crop, the ecosystem and...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Vineyards are populations of grapevines and associated organisms supported by air, water, and soil resources. As such, they constitute ecosystems or perhaps more precisely, agro-ecosystems. While vineyard ecosystems are artificial, rather than natural, they are...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
At the end of the growing season, grape leaves are changing color. They turn from green to shades of yellow (white varietals) or red (red varietals) – see the Magnesium deficiency symptoms below (Figures 1 & 2). This is the result of the leaf senescence...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Solving vineyard problems can be a complex and time consuming task, as is deciding how to correct them. The most obvious remedy is sometimes taken to be the most practical while, in reality, it treats the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem. In this...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 26, 2017 | Blog, Vineyards
Not only are irrigation pump inefficiencies just plain bad for the environment, they cost the grower money! No bueno! Each percent of pressure wasted is equal to the additional costs paid in energy. If you waste 30%, you pay an extra 30%. Irrigation Efficiency...
