{"id":87,"date":"2013-04-16T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/?p=87"},"modified":"2013-04-16T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T21:05:11","slug":"bud-break-at-cass-vineyard-and-winery-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/16\/bud-break-at-cass-vineyard-and-winery-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Break at Cass Vineyard and Winery – 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bud Break – Cab Franc – Spring 2013<\/h2>\n

\"Bud<\/a><\/p>\n

Spring is arguably the riskiest growing period for a\u00a0 grower.\u00a0 Our vineyard is in a cool spot so we tend to have bud break a few weeks later than other vineyards in South County or on hilltop locations.\u00a0 We are out about 6 inches in our white vines and 1-2 inches in the reds.<\/p>\n

The beginning of the growing season comes in 2 stages. The first sign of growth\u00a0 comes on the energy stored in the plant from the prior season.<\/p>\n

When we get an early harvest with no leaf-killing frosts in the fall, we can irrigate and fertilize in order to get the vines loaded up for a robust spring breakout.<\/p>\n

Once the vines break out, the plant is stimulated to come to life and takes over responsibility for ongoing growth.<\/p>\n

Young canes are very, very fragile. High winds can snap them off.<\/p>\n

Berry set, which immediately follows bud break has a hugh impact on the size of the overall crop, a good set will get you a cluster that weighs in \u00bc to \u00be lbs, depending on the variety. A poor set, possibly caused by high heat or high winds can\u00a0 knock this down by 50%.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re keeping our fingers crossed, and our frost protection systems primed !<\/p>\n

Steve Cass<\/p>\n

Cass Vineyards and Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

Paso Robles, California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bud Break – Cab Franc – Spring 2013 Spring is arguably the riskiest growing period for a\u00a0 grower.\u00a0 Our vineyard is in a cool spot so we tend to have bud break a few weeks later than other vineyards in South County or on hilltop locations.\u00a0 We are out about 6 inches in our white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30,37,78,124],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-vineyard","tag-bud-break","tag-cass-winery","tag-paso-robles","tag-vineyard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}