12" shoots

The shoots are now 12" long (for some reason, the upper rows grew faster than the lower rows are), so this week the grapes got their first PM preventative Stylet Oil spray, along with foliar zinc & iron.  Bring on the growth!

Better-late-than-never dormant spray?

We finished pruning (just in time ... usually like to finish by mid-March), and now the grapes are ready to grow for the season.

However, due to the late pruning I didn't quite get around to a Lime Sulfur dormant spray, and wondered if now (roughtly 50% bud swell) is too late.  So, I asked the folks on winepress.us and got these responses.

I decided to spray 2.5 oz per gallon (the light end of dormant season strength) on odd rows; lighter concentration on even rows.  Avoided spraying dormant buds.