Grapes post leaf pulling

Leaf pulling in progress now; here's a shot of a row where the little grapes are free of leaves in their way.

Sad little leaves

Ground zero of red-leaf syndrome, row 7.

Dense spray

Today, continued with PM preventative spray of 1.5% Stylet Oil, plus iron & zinc, plus magnesium for rows 6+ (in case it's what those red vines need).

Bloom

Bloom has commenced - roughly 15% of the vines are blooming, mostly on the vines that were pruned on the early side and/or the vines that have red leaves.  Good news is that now that we're approaching bloom, I can take some petioles into the lab and see if a mineral deficiency is contributing to red-leaf syndrome.  Stay tuned!

Early symptoms

More detail on the earliest signs of nasty leaf symptom .  More soon!

Poppies!

If you look closely you can see a bumble bee in the California Poppy.

Stop it, it's not fall yet!

Already, we're seeing the red-leaf look in row 7.  Seriously?  After providing Epsom salt supplements to the soil, and spraying an iron & zinc with the Stylet oil, it's hard to believe this is still a nutrient deficiency.  Will do another round of Epsom salt to the soil, continue with iron & zinc foliar and see if it gets better - or at least compare to last year to see if we're better or worse.