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19443
If I grind/mill all the cutting into small pieces, using a grinder, can these be used in the vineyard? If so how? Thanks Yakup Icgoren...
Yakup Icgoren
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Mar 1, 2006
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19444
Yes, just spread them down the middle of the rows if you've ground them up... I used to let mine sit in the rows and would just mow them up and then rototil...
Steve
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19445
Personally, if I were going to bother collecting cuttings (I rarely do) I would compost them before putting them back out. Dan ... From:...
Dan Strickland
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Mar 1, 2006
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19446
... -with ... mins. ... cutting into ... Hey George, Thanks to you and Mark for the excellent input. One thing I am wondering is: Do you give them some time to...
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Mar 1, 2006
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19447
I've had excellent luck with the peat starter balls. The ones that come as discs once water is added they become small saturated peat balls. In early January...
Andrew Swenson
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Mar 2, 2006
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19448
... From: Andrew Swenson ... I'm planning to try something new this spring. I saw where someone was growing tomato plants in a straw bale. So, why not root...
Dan Strickland
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Mar 2, 2006
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19449
Dan Not dumb! I do my onions in straw, but, onions are not vines. Two problems I get when I store moist straw bales: 1 a crop of wheat, and 2 lots of...
Andrew Swenson
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Mar 2, 2006
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19450
... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:grapesrus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Swenson ... and 2 lots of mold/fungus. Wonder if the mold/fungus...
Dan Strickland
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19451
I would think it would work just fine, but what about heat in the root zone? You could put the straw bale on a heat mat and wrap the out side of the bale with...
andy green
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Mar 2, 2006
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... From: andy green ... zone? Andy, In my case, I was thinking to callus them indoors, with heat, then when it is warm enough outside, transfer them to the...
Dan Strickland
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Dan Strickland <strickd@...> wrote: From what I read, the sprouts from the stray are easy to clip. it will be easy to clip, but be prepared because it...
andy green
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Dan Strickland <strickd@...> wrote: In my case, I was thinking to callus them indoors, with heat, then when it is warm enough outside, transfer them to...
andy green
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... From: andy green ... put them in the vineyard. That's what I normally do, saves me a step and I like the idea of not having to handle them again. I see....
Dan Strickland
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Dave, When I figured out how to do this 32 years ago--right after reading (? Or was it MIS-reading?) an article in _Amer. Jl. Of Enology and Viticulture, I ...
George Gale
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Mar 2, 2006
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19457
Has anyone considered the possibilty of spontaneous combustion of a moist bale inside a building? Inside a plastic wrapper? With a heat source underneath it...
Mark Hedin
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Mar 2, 2006
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19458
How about a big bag of perlite instead of straw? Add water and poke holes with the cuttings. Carl ... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com...
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Mar 2, 2006
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19459
I guess i am missing something here. What is the advantage of this technique? Time? Cost? Success Rate? Or is it just a gee whiz thing? Having bales inside...
Mark Hart
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Mar 2, 2006
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19460
Bingo, there's the heat source. :) Chances are pretty slim for one bale to catch fire, now one round bale is a different story, or one wet square bale in the...
andy green
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19461
Use the ground? Is this natural? Imagine the possibilities! Acres of cuttings! Self watering!(Rain). The cost savings! (of hay bales.) :) I think I'll...
Mark Hedin
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Mar 2, 2006
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George In my process, I have not tested this "spinning 3 times", perhaps that's way I have some lack of result's. ?? Smile Per in NH ... From: "George Gale"...
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... Acres of ... bales.) :) ... stick a ... Ed Daugherty of St. Francois Vineyard (and recently winery) has taken this idea to the nth degree. A tractor...
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Mar 2, 2006
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Sounds too radical Mark. I don't think that "use the ground" idea will ever take off... Steve In Minnesota......
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All-Purpose Miracle Grow lighly each week. Another great thing about the straw. By the next year it is decayed enough and makes great lawn fertilizer. Andrew...
Andrew Swenson
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... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:grapesrus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of steveinminnesota ... will ever take off... Steve In Minnesota... Those of...
Dan Strickland
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Mar 3, 2006
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19467
... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:grapesrus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Hart ... technique? For me: 1. Weed control. A major problem in my...
Dan Strickland
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Dan, Just some light-hearted banter. You have my full moral support in all "non-traditional" attempts to improve any and all oenological and viticultural...
Mark Hedin
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Mar 3, 2006
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19469
I am looking to buy some Cabernet Severnyi cuttings or plants. I need about 10 to 15. I am located in Powell, WY....
Phil Napoli
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Mar 4, 2006
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19470
My plants are beginning their 2nd rear and need pruned. Since it's March, is it time to start pruning? or do I need to wait for the last frost to pass? The...
Andrew Swenson
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Mar 4, 2006
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You can 'light' prune now. But you should leave extra wood to protect against late freezes which can occur. Having lived in Iowa I know that your neck of the...
John Eakins
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Mar 4, 2006
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19472
This is a very sickly plant- lot's of Downy at least here in New Hampshire. If you cant find some I'm ripping out 3 or so - contact me very late spring, if you...
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