... From: andy green [mailto:greenfarms49835@...] ... Andy, I don't use Brix as a parameter for picking. I use taste. I know that's crude, but after...
Research by Dr. Cecil Stushnof at Colorado State University showed that double pruning (long pruning) and a sodium alginate treatment delayed budding...
Dan, Makes sence to me. The main thing is you found a system that works for you and that's what counts. Your thoughts help getting me pointed in the right...
It just so happens that I sell personalized clothing and would be glad to quote you. Contact me privately if you would like at PMDowns@... Regards, Paul...
Hi All, Last year, I found something that stopped spring frost damage. Into 4.75 gallons of water I added 1 quart of concentrated Alaska Bounty Humus Tea, 1/2...
Jacob, I'll throw this out there - mostly because i've learned so much from being told when i was wrong. Are these your good fruiting canes or are they those ...
Landal isn't as cold hardy as Landot noir. Landot noir did fine in the Ozarks in Oregon Co, MO. Some Landal was grown successfully down on the MO/AR border--I...
Gale, George
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Apr 1, 2003 3:11 pm
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I'm on the last-minute lookout for a handful of LaCrescent. I'd take unrooted, uncalloused sticks if anyone had them. I may have something to offer in trade....
Joe - Not me, at least not yet (I should have a crop of Lomanto here in Ohio, maybe this fall, at least next year), but a friend near Houston says it makes...
I know someone in Hartsville, SC who has had Lomanto for a number of years, and while he hasn't made wine, he says the vine has great disease resistance,...
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom@...
Apr 1, 2003 7:08 pm
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Like I said, cold hardiness in Landal tracked that of Chambourcin almost exactly, so if you can get one through the winter you can get the other. If Landal...
Joe - I can understand your issues with Norton. I have two acres of Favorites growing and have yet to see any issues with PD. Favorites are a sport of Black...
... From: Gale, George [mailto:GaleG@...] ... secondaries ... It does, as long as the secondary crop has time to mature. I got hit last year on 22 May. ...
I have had Lomanto wine for the last two years, my kids think it is the best wine I have ever made. It is supposely PD resistant. I have had Chanpenel vines...
Very interesting -- what are the characteristics of the Lomanto wine? Is it a little light in body and tannins, which is apparently the case in SE Texas? Any...
I have had Lomanto wine for the last two years, my kids think it is the best wine I have ever made. Please tell me more about this grape. Color, brix/TA/PH at...
I am just across the time zone in Ga (find Ft Valley on your map). I have an extensive collection of Munson and Florida varieties (about 50 and growing)....
Chuck, Its good to hear from you, and I am glad the blanc du bois are doing nicely for you. My have started growing exceptional this year will all the vineyard...
Thanks Lon, Thats really good news, this may be just the grape I have been looking for.. I have only 3 planted newly this year, but will start propigating it...
I would like to know more as well, some harvest numbers, and wine style if possible. I can certainly blend, and do some maceration for extra tannins, or even...
Munson doesn't indicate any problems rooting Lomanto, and he usually indicated if a grape was hard to root. -Lon Rombough Grapes, writing, consulting, my book,...
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:12 am
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Lomanto is a early ripening red grape, vines are more open than the normal grape, which gives it a good air circulation, and capture of sunshine. The birds...
I have vines that are in their second year (rooted last winter and planted last February). I live in South Florida on the East Coast, and grow some of these...
Gregg, With American varieties and American hybrids, and with muscadines you have to do cluster thinning. Especially with blanc du bois, the internode length...
The general rule of thumb is not to allow a vine to produce fruit this soon. The energy of the vine needs to be directed into the root system and the vines...
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