UCONN IPM: Integrated Pest Management:UConn Grape IPM Message

Click here for an Adobe Reader .pdf file with vineyard temperatures collected at 4 sites this winter:

(1) North Canaan (Stone Quarry Vineyard)

(2) New Preston (Hopkins Vineyard)

(3) Shelton (Jones Winery)

(4) Stonington (Stonington Vineyard)

The .pdf file of the soil and air temperature for each day in January and February, the coldest months, represents the lowest temperature recorded on that day. Temperatures are recorded every 15 minutes and there are times that a reading can be erratic so bear that in mind if something looks really strange. If you have a great interest in data just contact me and I will email you the full set of readings. I am also attaching the Excel file that was used to make the pdf. If you click on the "Summary" tab you will also see the high temperature recorded for each day.

Finally, also attached is a pdf file of screenshots of graphs of 4 months of data (December 2008 - March 2009) just to convince you that January and February were the coldest. You can also detect from the data and graphs, the influence of snow cover on the stability of the soil temperature readings. All the raw data is freely available upon request.

Growing degree day and current weather data will be summarized and emailed to you tomorrow and will be updated and posted frequently on the UCONN Grape IPM website.

Richard Kiyomoto
Department of Plant Science
1376 Storrs Road Unit 4067
Storrs, CT 06269-4067
Telephone: (860) 429-0589 (Home)
Fax: (860) 486-0682
email: richard.kiyomoto@uconn.edu

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