Weather Report Week Ending 2/11/07
Maximum Temperature for the week 28.7C (83F) on Sat. 3 readings above our monthly average of 24.6C.
Minimum Temperature for the week 7.2C (45F) on Tue. 5 readings above our monthly average of 10.7C.
Rainfall for the Week 12.4mm (35 points) 4 days of rain.
Weather data thanks to BOM & Nuriootpa Viticulture Research Centre.
A slightly damp week. We have had several days of reasonable rainfall - not enough to influence our subsoil, but enough to replenish our evaporation losses. There has been a large low pressure system building in the great Australian Bite for most of this week, this has meant cooler and windy conditions for us.
This week in the vineyard:
We are still Summer pruning.
I have spent most of this week putting out our second fungicide spray for the season. I have all of our vineyard now protected against Downy and Powdery mildews. I am expecting some more rain for us this coming week.
We have seen the first signs of flowering in our vineyard. The Chardonnay is well under way, however other varieties are still to start. By next week I would expect most of our varieties will be flowering or finished. The photo this week shows some of our Chardonnay already near the end of flowering.
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