In my experience, common marigold pests include aphids, caterpillars, slugs, and snails. These flowers can also suffer from diseases such as Botrytis blight and powdery mildew. I find that ...
Another strain, Botrytis cinerea, or ‘noble rot’, is used in winemaking to reduce the grapes’ water content and enhance their sweetness. But that doesn’t mean we can eat anything that ...
Freshly-harvested roses, for instance, are then dipped into a chemical mixture to protect them from the fungus, botrytis. After that, the stems are put into buckets to absorb a hydration solution ...
October is usually the month of harvest, the culmination of a year’s work in the vineyard. 2024 has been hit with indifferent weather which triggered severe attacks of downy mildew in the UK and on ...
In Sauternes, Barsac and other regions where sweet dessert wines are made, pickers will often make multiple tries, or passes, through the vineyard, harvesting only grapes that have been properly ...