Monday, April 4, 2011

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.

1 comment:

Lisa Ann said...

Update: no ill effect seen from doing the dormant spray - even the swollen buds I hit by mistake seem to be growing just fine.