This year I have been spending my free time learning and improving my nursery skills for that day when I need them. One recent project was using single bud...
I've grown one bud cuttings at times, and if you get the conditions right, they work surprisingly well. Last year, I had a one-bud cutting of Swenson Red left...
Lon J. Rombough
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Jul 5, 2005 2:56 am
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I think alot has to with variety. Tannat roots remarkabley well under almost any circumstances. Calzin hardly roots at all. I tried a bunch of one bud rootings...
Some members of this group had asked about used and reconditioned barrels. Here is someone in the NC area who might be able to help. If the JPG doesn't come...
Last night at a tasting at Restaurant au Dauphin, some wine friends and I tasted a bunch of very neat wines, including a Jacquez/Black Spanish/Lenoir. The...
My fear for the american wine industry is that it will become like the French! You cant grow certain grapes. You cant add certain adjuncts to your wine and...
REPOST FROM GROWGRAPES Good moring all, I have the chance to test out some more website software, so i am using the opportunity to post some more recent pics...
If anyone has ever tasted the "Black Spanish" wine made by Dry Comal Vineyard in Texas (near San Antonio) you would be convinced that this is a serious wine...
Has anyone heard of a "grizzly" glove - an abrasive glove used to sucker the trunks of grape vines - I know of people who use this technique but, they use...
... From: twistedvines01 ... vineyard from bloom till this morning. Jesse, Nice looking vines. My only comments: 1. The rows look pretty close together. 2....
I sell gloves for a living and have never heard of such but that doesn't mean it isn't so. There are some gloves available with a rough or sandpaper coating...
Bob Denson of Poteet Country Winery, south of San Antonio, has made an excellent Black Spanish / Chambourcin / Convent blend (50/25/25) that will please any...
A quick Google search turned up a bunch of hits on Grizzly Gloves. They are brand of weightlifting gloves that have a "sticky" neoprene palm. I guess they...
Hey Dan, This is a close spacing compared to most all vineyards elsewhere, with the rows only 5' apart. I only let my vines get to a total of 6' and then I...
Jesse, your last picture on the website of the leave with a zig-zag trail sure looks like a leafminer problem. here is another example of leafminer damage. ...
Looks like a nice tidy vineyard there... I would say it was overkill on the cross bracing end posts considering your rows are so short, but it looks nice. The...
I'm only a novice, 4 yr, grower but I'm astounded at the growth of your fruit in just 20/25 days. The clusters are virtually perfect and the fruit is, to me,...
I thought the fruit was rather full as well, especially being young, but a lot of growers I spoke to have mentioned that young vines seem to be full of "piss...
Hi All, For those in the East, has anyone compared C3309 vs C1616 rootstocks on the same site?? Thanks, Aaron Kent, OH [Non-text portions of this message have...
-Not even familiar w/ 1616. do you have some? I have some 3309 and 101- 14 that are doing well. R110 is not doing well. Trade some material? Ron ... on the...
Hi Ron, I don't have any either. I ran across a couple references about it that intrigued me. I was planning on doing some hybrid work crossing longii with...
Did you ask on the hybridizers board? Do a web search? ron ... that intrigued me. I was planning ... that C1616 is just that. Just fishing ... and 101- ... ...
just testing out my new email address.. picked my blancs at 18 brix because of tropical weather.. active ferm is underway now... oh happy day!! PC has been...
Hi Ron, Yes on the web search and I just posted the question to the grapebreeders list. I posted the question here first to see if I could find someone who's...
Welcome back Joe, we were all wondering where you were. Regards Mike Oglesby ... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:grapesrus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
guys, i have some but haven't had the time to make any big comparisons. if you're interested, i can probably spare some cuttings this winter. if you want any...
Yo Joe, you crazy cajun! Welcome back! I drank some excellent Black Spanish in Paris last week--you shoulda been there. Stay outta the way of the storm, ok?! g...
... there. ... Thanks George, hopefully "Dennis" will stay east of here. The only good thing is that this storm may generate lots of work in this area for us ...
... Thanks Mike, just popping in, will be back in a few weeks, unless of course I am out working storm clean up in another state, will have to see.. I hope the...