Throughout winter AAFC, more specifically Jeff Franklin and Dr. Harrison Wright, have provided updates every 2 weeks about the bud hardiness reports. This information is quite valuable, as it permits to see how the bud hardiness in hybrids and Vitis vinifera varieties progress through the season and helps to take pruning decisions.
This is the second
year that AAFC publishes the information in the Grape blog, currently all the
reports from 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 are available at the Grape section of the Perennia
web page. To have access to this information, please enter to
www.perennia.ca. At the menu on the top of the screen choose the tab Agriculture and select the subpage Production Information. Once you are there,
scroll slightly down until you see Fruit
Crops, click it to expand and then select the photo of Grapes. There you have to scroll down to AAFC Bud Hardiness, where you will find the first report.
As a summary: www.perennia.ca > Agriculture
> Production Information > Fruit Crops > Grapes
Moreover, in this
publication you’re able to access to each report from the season 2021-2022:
- Report 1 (Nov 8 – 9 2021): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-1-Nov-8-9-2021.pdf
- Report 2 (November 23 – 24 2021): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-2-Nov-23-24-2021.pdf
- Report 3 (December 6 – 7 2021): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-3-Dec-6-7-2021.pdf
- Report 4 (December 20 – 21 2021): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-4-Dec-20-21-2021.pdf
- Report 5 (January 4 – 5 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-5-Jan-4-5-2022.pdf
- Report 6 (January 19 – 20 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-6-Jan-19-20-2022.pdf
- Report 7 (February 1 – 2 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-7-Feb-1-2-2022.pdf
- Report 8 (February 15 – 16 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-8-Feb-15-16-2022.pdf
- Report 9 (February 28 – March 1 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-9-Feb-28-2022.pdf
- Report 10 (March 14 – 15 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-10-Mar-14-15-2022.pdf
- Report 11 (March 28 – 30 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-11-Mar-28-30-2022.pdf
- Report 12 (April 11 – 12 2022): or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bud-hardiness-report-12-Apr-11-12-2022.pdf
Moreover, they provided
two articles:
- ‘Nova Scotia Wine Grapes: Will a
Changing Climate Mean a Change in Spring Frost Risk?’ or the direct hyperlink
https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Wright-and-Franklin-NS-climate-and-grape-spring-frost-risk-2022.pdf.
- ‘A
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Deep Freeze Event: Climate Trends, Considerations and
Pruning’ or the direct hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Wright-and-Franklin-NS-wine-grape-deep-freeze-2022.pdf
Finally, I’d like
to thank Dr. Harrison Wright and Jeff Franklin for all the work and
collaboration, producing and communicating all the information.