I am new to this group. Where is everyone and what do you have for grapes, etc? I am in BC Canada. I have been a hobbyist for about `10 years, and am now...
Welcome Dave! I'm in Atlanta Georgia right now and just have a few table grape varieties, such as Long John, Munson, Champanel and Delicatessen. Just got back...
Michel 200 vines of 100 varieties? That's strange, average of two vines of each variety. Bob ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the...
Hello Kim, Thanks for getting back to me about these. Sorry I haven't responded sooner. Looks like we will try a few in the spring. Most of our vines are in...
A lot of strange things were going on over there in Germany Bob! (grin) I should have written "about 200 vines which included about 100 varieties". I...
Here is pic of our newly planted vineyard. It is 4 acres. The exposure is south. There are 4 clones of pinot noir and 2 of chardonay. I am in the Kootenay...
Hello Elaine, Robin's & Blue Jay's just laugh at reflectors etc. There is a Northern Goshawk that regularly patrols this airspace and nips out a bird here and...
Hello David, Where can I find this photo? I looked in the photos album and couldn't locate it. We would like to see what you're up to in beautiful BC. David &...
I am learning how this all works. I've hit reply and sending attachment of photo. Hope you get it. Dave ... From: earthworks111 <earthworks2@...> To:...
I think you'll have to upload the photo to the Photos or Files section at the group homepage. There should be a link at the bottom of this email. Regards, ...
Hello all, I'm not sure where the last message went - but here it is again. Sorry for the duplicate. My husband and I will be purchasing a farm land and is...
Elaine, Even a guy in Hawaii a few years back was talking about drilling holes in the lava rock to plant vines in, and from the little bit that I do know, your...
Has any one had any success disuading bees at harvest or just before. My picking this year was determined by the yellow jackets not the birds (we have huge...
I have had no success at thwarting these pests either. I have noticed that they seem to be much worse than normal this year. I have dropped as much fruit on...
I, too, have only been stung a couple of times, once when one flew up my shirt sleeve and once when I grabbed a cluster with one hid inside. We were plagued...
We've hung wasp traps (made out of empty waterbottles with the tops cut off and inverted into the rest of the bottle) on every post, filled about three inches...
Hello again Kim, I forgot to ask you, could you tell me when the Cliche ripen for you? We are trying to stick with very early to mid season varieties as much...
Hello Joey, Please believe me when I say I mean no offense but may I ask why you spray Bumble Bees? Have you ever been stung by one? Maybe in the South they...
How large of a vineyard are you dealing with? If it's on the smaller size, you can put out piles of over ripe fruit such as peaches, or whatever. Get them...
From: david douglas ... spray Bumble Bees I live in the south and can attest that our bumblebees are not aggressive unless they are threatened. And - I have...
David.The vines are young. In this climate it loks like they will ripen about the 3rd week of September at around 16-18 brix. That seems to be a good number...
I had never had a problem with bumblebees until last year. They weren't agressive, it was just that there were thousands upon thousands of them. I am not...
Generally bees, hornets and the like do not feed on undamaged fruit. So your fruit had to have some sort of damage to begin with. On the other hand they say...
Honeybees don't generally attack undamaged fruit as their jaws aren't strong enough, but yellowjackets and other wasps have strong jaws for feeding on and...
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom@...
Sep 7, 2007 8:45 pm
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Might try malathion. Does a number on multicolored lady beetles too. Only 3 days to harvest PHI. Doesn't seem to affect wine either even tho it does stink...
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