May 8, 2025

South Jersey Wine Grape Twilight

When: May 20 (Tue) 5:00 PM
Where: Autumn Lake Winery: 870 W Malaga Rd, Williamstown, NJ 08094

Pesticide Credits: CORE; PP2; 1A; 10

PROGRAM

Welcome and Updates
Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Extension Agent, Rutgers NJAES
Mark Hernandez, Owner, Autumn Lake Winery

Field Observations from the Wine Grape IPM Pilot Program
Janine Spies, Statewide Fruit IPM Program Leader, Rutgers NJAES.

2025 Recommendations for Disease Management
Peter Oudemans, Extension Specialist, Small Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES.

Record Keeping Update for 2025
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES.

Grape Berry Moth in the Vineyard
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES.

Crown Gall – Early Symptoms and Management
Hemant Gohil, Extension Agent, RCE of Gloucester County.

Grape Nutrition Update. 
Gary Pavlis, Extension Agent, RCE of Atlantic County.

Pesticide recertification credits and adjourn.

Light fare will be provided. If you plan to attend, please email Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or call 856-224-8030. For additional assistance, please get in touch with Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.

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April 23, 2024 and

Statewide Wine Grape Twilight Meeting.

Sponsored by the New Jersey Center for Research and Education, the program’s highlight is the demonstration of the new in-row weeding machine from TILMOR by Allonardo Enterprises. There will also be a demonstration talk on Groundhog management and other wildlife management in the vineyard. The program details are below. The sequence of presentations may change depending on the set-up at the winery. [Read more…]

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April 24, 2023

South Jersey Wine Grape Twilight Meeting

May 11 (Thu) 4:15 pm
Auburn Road Vineyards and Winery
117 Sharptown-Auburn Rd, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098

Pesticide Credits Approved: CORE (1); PP2 (5); 1A (5); 10 (4)
4:30 pm   Welcome Remarks and Updates and Social  
Bird Management – Demonstrations and Interactive session on challenges and successes in bird control
Aaron T. Guikema, State Director, USDA – APHIS Wildlife services

Potassium Fertilizer Chemistry for Wine Grape
Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES.

2023 Recommendations for Wine Grape Disease Management
Peter Oudemans, Extension Specialist, Small Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

Brief Overview of Alternative Options to Paraquat for Postemergence Weed Control.
Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist, Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

Early Season Field Observations from the IPM Program
Dave Schmitt, IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES.  

Spotted Lantern Fly and Other Vineyard Insects Management
Anne Nielsen, Tree Fruit Entomologist, Rutgers NJAES

7:30 pm    Pesticide re-certification credits
 
Light fare will be provided. Please email Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or 
call 856-224-8030 if you are planning to attend. This site is accessible to the physically impaired. 
For the additional assistance, please contact Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.
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April 19, 2022

Wine Grape Twilight – I

When: May 4 (Wed) @ 4 PM

Where: Tomasello Winery: 225 N White Horse Pike, Hammonton, NJ 08037

Frank Salek Memorial Lecture, Sponsored by the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. Dennis Rak, owner of the Double A Vineyard Nursery will talk on ‘Grapevine Grafting: Fundamentals of Why and How’

Pesticide Recertification Credits: CORE (1 credit), PP2 (5 credit), 1 A (5 credit) [Read more…]

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May 6, 2021

2021 SPRING WINE GRAPE TWILIGHT (virtual)

MAY 19 (WED) @ 5:45 PM – 8 PM

Please attend the Educational Session using the link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pt5zcqpy

To be eligible for the Pesticide Recertification Credits: (CORE #1; PP2 #3; 1A #3 and D&R #2)
STEP 1: pre-registration by NOON MAY 19th using the form at https://go.rutgers.edu/hk81ff6d
STEP 2: Upload two documents after you submit the above form.

  1. issued ID (i.e. Driver’s license)
  2. Your pesticide license.

STEP 3: Attend online Zoom session in its entirety…require logging in within 10 minutes of start. Attendees must participate throughout the entire session. DO NOT leave the meeting early. Please stay logged in until the moderator ends the session for all. Polls will be taken randomly during credit sessions and attendees must answer these questions to be eligible for recertification credits.

For Program details please click the link: WineGrapeSpringTwilight Program Agenda

Topics Covered:

  • Phenology Observations from North and South Jersey
  • Early Season Disease Management – Fungicide choices, Target organisms, and Symptoms
  • Managing Late Season Rots in the Vineyard
  • Spring Insect-pest Management – based on Vineyard Scouting
  • Spring Pesticide Safety Update                                

If you have any question regarding above steps please contact Hemant Gohil gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu or Megan Muehlbauer muehlbauer@njaes.rutgers.edu

Note: Licensed applicators with a recertification period expiring October 31, 2021 have been given an exemption from the NJDEP online credit cap of 25% and are eligible for all credits until that date. Otherwise, this exemption does not apply for licenses expiring after 2021.

 

 

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November 4, 2020

Statewide Wine Grape Twilight – III

The Wine Grape Twilight –III meeting is scheduled at 6 – 7 PM on Nov 10 (Tue). There is no registration requirement for this meeting. Please use the Webex link below for attending the meeting.

https://rutgers.webex.com/rutgers/j.php?MTID=m7a85d84aabb245de7dd9a70b05891f76

Topics

 Who Gets to Say When the Epidemic is Over?

Peter Oudemans, Professor, Small Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

Fall Weed Management Strategies for Vineyard

Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist, Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

Discussions on Questions and Observations

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