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Hansen: Filling void in weed research at WSU

July 6, 2017
Figure 2: Field-grafted vines showing leafroll-like symptoms in a red grape cultivar. These Riesling vines were field grafted with scion budwood from Syrah. The grafted vine on left shows severe symptoms and tested positive for grapevine red blotch-associated virus (GRBaV). The nonsymptomatic vine on right is negative for the virus. (Courtesy Naidu Rayapati)

Rayapati: Risk of virus problems in field-grafted vineyards

June 6, 2017

Gilbert: Farm Bill bears fruit for all

June 6, 2017
Bing cherries showing symptoms of little cherry disease on left, with healthy cherries on right. (Courtesy Washington State Univeristy)

Pscheidt: How to rate viruses

May 22, 2017
Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration

Thurlby: Looking ahead to the Northwest cherry season

May 19, 2017

Food safety answers: What’s in your water? — Videos

May 10, 2017

Piece rate questions remain

May 2, 2017
Fixed-arm rolling cultivators — like this Wonder Weeder — are the most common method of weed management in Northwest organic orchards. But other implements may be needed if trees in the row are closer than 4 feet apart. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

How to manage weeds and nitrogen in organic orchards

April 19, 2017
Grape irrigation near Sunnyside, Washington on June 11, 2014. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) The key times in the growing season when water is most critical to grapevine development are in the spring, at bloom, during fruit set and during compound bud development.

How’s the quality of your water?

April 3, 2017

Tips from Trellising 101

March 11, 2017