Speakers
Co-authors TF
UF/IFAS Extension St. Johns County
Poster presentation (individual talk),
Viticulture and Small Fruits 1
- SUBJECT Viticulture
- quality, alternative crops are a 15) and the second in March 2024 (n=19). Within both two-hour workshops, participants were able to go home with a muscadine grape cultivar of their choosing. The first workshop covered pest management, cultivar selection, and culture. Participants harvested and sampled fruit from different cultivars and then made cuttings of different varieties to propagate their own. The second workshop focused on the maintenance of grape vines. From the first workshop’s exit survey, participants reported intending on make changes to their landscape practices, including Right Plant Right Place (87%), Fertilize Appropriately (93%), Water Efficiently (67%), and Mulching (73%). 100% of participants also reported willingness to attempt to grow muscadines in the home landscape. From the second workshop, Right Plant Right Place (61%), Fertilize Appropriately (67%), Water Efficiently (44%), and Mulching (55%). 94% of participants self-reported that they felt better in managing muscadine vines, including installation
