Video of Chuck Cane Pruning Table Grapes

Sacramento County Farm Adviser Chuck Ingels shows how to prune grapevines.

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Grape blogs

NEW: Grape Pest Management—Third Edition
Grape pests and diseases cause significant economic losses to California’s wine, raisin and table grape vineyards annually. Grape growers rely on University of California researchers and others for information that allows them to make sound...

VOC's Contribute to Ozone Formation
It’s that time of year again when hot weather fuels the creation of ozone, or smog. Some pesticides emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that contribute to ozone formation. Using pesticides that release VOCs may be restricted in certain...

Preparing Your Vineyard For Frost
Low temperatures experienced during the winter do not usually damage dormant grapevines in the San Joaquin Valley. However, succulent green shoots are much more sensitive to low temperatures, so spring frost damage is serious concern. Damage from spring...

Embryo Rescue: Making the Impossible Happen
Grapes like DOVine, Selma Pete, Sweet Scarlet and Scarlet Royal likely would not exist were it not for ARS scientists’ expertise with a laboratory technique known as “embryo rescue.” The technology “allows us to use two seedless...

Grape Breeder, David Ramming Retires
After 38 years, David Ramming has retired from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-Parlier, California, where he bred grapes for California’s raisin and fresh market industries. Starting in 1975, he replaced John Weinberger who had just...