Kelly, Welcome to Growgrapes! That was an interesting story about the people who found your wine brew some 21 years ago or so. lol. A camera would have been...
Your plan will work, and once you get a better handle on the load the vines can carry, you shouldn't need to drop clusters any more. -Lon Rombough NEW grape...
Thanks Lon. We're planning to do a mid wire cordon with vertical shoot positioning system for our Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Cab Franc, Merlot, Traminette,...
It is the beginning of a New Year and I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Kelly and I live in the nice cool Ozark Mountains here in Northwest...
Folks, Happy New Year to everyone. There are still folks who have not received their share of the holiday wine swap. If you have not yet shipped yours, please...
Edward, ahhh... then what you are seeing is the soil and bug life in action... doing their job to break down the dead material so it will become humus in the...
With canes that big, the buds on the main part of the cane may sometimes be all vegetative. I'd hedge my bets by cutting the laterals to one bud each....
Question #1: Our second year Himrod vines were so vigorous that we formed cordons and very long laterals from new growth this year. It's my understanding that...
Nic, Are the cuttings alive? If they are dead, all sorts of critters will go after them. Best Regards, Thomas Giannou http://www.tandjenterprises.com ... ...
I've seen the same thing. It only appears on dead cuttings, so I assume it's not harmful to live vines. An entomologist would be needed, I suspect. Nature...
upon casual obsrvation, I noticed that the larger diameter prunings that have spent a year or so in the vineyard have tiny holes (about 1/16 in) bored into...
If you'll put a saucer of soda-water (coke) next to the potato flakes the rats & mice will "puff" quicker. If seems that they cannot belch. H.Jack McCunn...
Bill: Well, I am all for further studies....I just know what worked for me. Good luck either way. Elayne "Have a grape day." ... From: William C. Garthright ...
... I wouldn't say this won't work, Elayne, since this is the first I've heard of it. But it sounds suspiciously like that old urban legend about not throwing...
For those of us who have only a few vines (myself, I have 170 in my vineyard), I purchased the largest bags of instant potato flakes (from Costco) sprinkled...
Hi all, I know that some people have problems with Voles when they put down mulch around their vines. I recall reading a letter once about Biosol Mix 7-2-3...
I am also in Kansas (Central). When i put my original vines in 99, I used landscape fabric. On some rows I have put down grass clippings, on some i put down...
... I've heard different things about this. Some people say that it does steal nitrogen, but only right on the surface, so that it's not really a problem. I...
Mulch using wood chips does two things in my area, first it steals nitrogen since the breakdown flora on the cellulose requires nitrogen to reproduce; it also...
Vicki, I apply Lime, Soft Rock Phosphate, Gypsum, Planters II, and Biosol Mix 7-2-3 to my soils then spray the area down with our Microbe Tea with Yucca added....
Good to know, thanks Stephen. My soil is already on the acidic side, so maybe I'll lay down a bit more lime. I think I'd read that lime in powdered form...
Here in the south where pine products for landscape use are common, it (pine) is considered an acidifier. Keep an eye on your soil pH if you use it. Stephen...
As long as it's untreated wood with no paint, varnish or other wood treatment, it won't harm anything. You might need to add some extra nitrogen to help it...
Hi gang, I've got a lot of pine wood shavings (untreated), that I got from planing some stair treads. I was thinking it might make good mulch to keep the...
I have done this in NH, but only get good result when using a 6mill (4 works but not as well) black plastic. some problems are moving the grass and weeds next...
Presumeably the plastic is done as a strip, usually no more than three feet wide. Water can soak under from the edges and also seep through the holes punched...
Ron's book includes a method of pushing cuttings through a plastic sheet into soil. One step is "Within one to four weeks the cuttings should root and begin...
