(06-26-2020, 10:09 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(06-26-2020, 06:52 AM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: Myriad diseases overwinter on woody tissue and any measurable rain will inoculate them so they're basically always ready to explode. It's more cool(ish) humid weather the causes problems. We've had 3-4 cool stretches so far that really caused problems. 

We had a trifecta of rain at bloom, cool weather, and incomplete capfall and possibly slightly over-vegetative vines.

Also there is a lot of interplay between many of these diseases. Mildew or esca will cause a berry to split. Maybe that berry is towards the top of the bunch so it juices the rest of the berries in the bunch which introduces fungal rot, which then attracts drosophila flies which help sporulate sour rot, and on and on. 

Seems to be a weird year because I've talked to growers in France and Chile that are having problems as well. Looking better tonight though, less hairy lol.

Farmer life is hard. Good luck. I hope everything works out for you.

Every year, we plant a backyard 4x4 with some kind of really easy to grow vegetable like cucumbers or collard greens or something.  I'm talking 4 feet by 4 feet.  And every year, we have bugs, drought, weeds, wrong soil conditions, birds and squirrels, you name it.  

We can't even manage a 4 by 4 foot crop.  I can't imagine what it must be like to grow on hundreds or thousands of acres.

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