In The Grape Grower Lon mentions that the name of the grape "KeeWahDin" means "North wind". Would anybody happen to know what language that is? Thanks, Dave...
The word Keewahdin in the non-indian vocabulary comes from Longfellow's Hiawatha. In reality he got a lot of the Ojibway (Chippewa) words somewhat incorrect....
Definitely Ojibway. You triggered my memory of what Byron told me about it. -Lon Rombough Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at ...
Lon J. Rombough
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Aug 1, 2007 11:35 pm
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Thanks Mark. I think we are going to use it in the name of our vineyard/nursery when we register it this year. We have a few KeeWahDin vines growing like gang...
Yes, KeeWahDin is a very vigorous and large vine. If you find any small children missing, you might check to see that the KWD vine has not grabbed them. It's...
FWIW, I have KeeWahDin on some heavy clay soil and it's very well behaved there. In fact, I wasn't getting enough size to the wood until I put horse manure...
Lon J. Rombough
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Aug 2, 2007 3:35 pm
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From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:grapesrus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lon J Rombough ... Baco would be my choice for a grape vine to plant in the...
Yeah, even the 'coons stay away from Baco on July nights... tooo dangerous. ... Noiret is a close second, tho. g [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Amen on the Baco, and the Noiret. I was unaware that they (Noiret)would be so vigorous, i may need to rethink my spacing. They look kind of funny next to the...
Holy Bacco! Batman. Just for the fun of it (and to amaze visitors) we left one side-shoot to grow out along a lower wire on a Bacco vine this year. It is now...
The GR-7 I used to have is worse than Noiret! Keith SRV ... From: George Gale <GaleG@...> To: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2007...
I find the growing habit of Noiret to be very beautiful. If allowed to just droop to the ground, it "flows" and the leaf structure is so different than what is...
About the same. I have been less enthusiastic about it of late and have gone more the Landot Noir route. It is light bearing, less than anything else I grow...
Keith from my experience the aerial rooting is fairly normal with Landot Noir. Also on my site vigor is a problem and in the late spring when the shoots are...
My Landot didn't get blasted by the Easter Freezer--the only variety in KC that escaped. Racoons and possums *prefer* Landot to any other variety in my...
Sorry for any confusion. It is the Noiret that is putting out the enormouss amount of aerial rooting and is light bearing and less hardy. Tho I have lost a few...
Keith, I use a pulse type, but it's two wire: one at 3" and the other at 8". It's a bit of work keeping the bottom wire clean, but I've got a zillion-watt ...
Keith, My Noiret grows almost as much as Baco Noir, but cascades down into the rows rather than creeps horizontally like the Baco. The only time I have seen ...
I 'd like to have seen that. The continuous type does have to be kept absolutely clean of vegetation, it's one major drawback. Keith SRV ... From: George Gale...
I suspect by year 8 you may not be as enthusiastic. Mine were pretty good the first 3 fruiting years. After that collective damage seems to build up and crops...
Well, Keith, I hope you are wrong, of course. But we will see when the time comes. Meanwhile, I am very happy with what we see so far. I am also growing many...
I've only had below -25ºF once in 22 years. Maybe you might have less temperature fluctuation that may cause more damage that I am getting. I had 2 killed by...
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Lon J. Rombough
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Aug 6, 2007 1:18 am
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Stumbled upon this article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Deals with attitudes in Europe and the US concerning irrigation. Quick read, I found it to be very...
I would be VERY careful with mixing ANYTHING with copper-- Copper can be phototoxic to many grapes and the addition of anything to sprays could enhance this...
Just trying to cut down on my spray time. 400 plus vines take a bit of time when done with a pump type sprayer. Sure would be nice to mix them, I'm not going...
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