Hello All. I need some advice on what comes next. Last night we dropped to the upper 30's and a fog bank moved in. Today I'm covered all over with frost...
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John L. Eakins
jeakins_2000
May 1, 2005 11:38 pm
I cannot imagine frost damage at upper 30s. Either your thermometer is wrong or something else is out of whack. John...
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kklein
koklein
May 2, 2005 2:06 am
I got it too. My damage was confined to foliage close to the ground, the new vines. Higher up there was no damage. Even foliage in grow tubes was burned. I...
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Don
bluedoorvine...
May 2, 2005 2:44 am
Do you have a thermometer in your vineyard? I put a wireless one on an end post 5 feet above the ground a couple of years ago and the overnight lows I record...
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Ralph Jenkins
oldjenx
May 2, 2005 10:59 am
Radiant cooling will cause plants to get colder than air temperature during clear nights. That's how frost can form in air warmer than 32 F. Don...
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Larry Leap
lostheritage
May 2, 2005 11:35 am
Hello Growers: Radiant Frosts can be controllable in many cases particularly for small scale vineyards. A few suggestions. Overhead sprinklers turned on at a...
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Gizmo0001
May 2, 2005 3:47 pm
... If you are as unfortunate as me, another frost comes one week later. (*^%&*^) It was it momma nature said: you think you can recover?, well take...
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raphaelshea
May 2, 2005 4:42 pm
I live in the Finger Lakes of NY where some great commercial Riesling is found. This spring I'm planting some of my own Riesling vines, but I'm on one of the...
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Thomas Giannou
thomasgiannou
May 2, 2005 4:51 pm
Gizmo, I too, used to be affected by frosts, but no longer. We have found that when our plants are sprayed once with our microbe tea mixed with Yucca Extract...
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John L. Eakins
jeakins_2000
May 2, 2005 4:52 pm
It seems to me that you would be better advised to ask some of the growers in your area. I, in VA, don't have a clue, for example. John...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
May 2, 2005 5:08 pm
The only person I knew in the Finger Lakes who had any experience with burying vines was Dr. Frank. As he is no longer among the living, you might talk to his...
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Billy Stevenson
billy_steven...
May 2, 2005 11:42 pm
I've obtained some liquid 20% copper sulfate pentahydrate...I have no idea how much to use per gallon in bordeaux mixture...any ideas?...
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grapestompper
May 3, 2005 2:30 am
How may vine are you growing? I live in upstate near Albany where it's colder than the Finger Lakes. I 've been burying both Riesling and Cab Franc for five...
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lownmkr
May 3, 2005 3:29 am
I'm in Des Moines, Iowa. While i do not grow reisling, i grow some other viniferas. Rather than in a trench, plant with the graft union 1- 2" above the soil...
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california academy of...
bullfightschool
May 3, 2005 4:05 am
hmm. i was hoping someone would answer you because i'm curious about this as well. although my mourvedre/grenache/counoise is just planted this past march i...
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Lon J. Rombough
lonrom@...
May 3, 2005 4:28 am
Excess growth suggests the vine has enough vigor to carry more fruit than you are leaving on it. In your conditions, a four year old vine should be able to...
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Nathan Hall
nathandhall
May 3, 2005 6:00 am
Thanks for the great advice Lon. I am struggling to control the vigor of my various three year old vinifera vines that I have planted in a raised bed in ...
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raphaelshea
May 3, 2005 1:59 pm
I'm not commercial, strictly personal obsession, and I'm determined to grow some nice wine grapes. I'm only starting off with a handful of vines and will...
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Lon J. Rombough
lonrom@...
May 3, 2005 2:43 pm
Reducing clusters will improve the leaf to fruit ratio and can improve quality, to a point. Removing branches doesn't necessarily help. Removing shoots may...
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lownmkr
May 3, 2005 4:27 pm
i have had very good success burying vines. more so than anyone expected. I had two cabernet savignon vines for 15 years. once they get big, you dont have to...
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Nathan Hall
nathandhall
May 3, 2005 4:27 pm
Thanks for the feedbsack Lon. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
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acorad2003
May 3, 2005 4:50 pm
Nathan, Are you irrigating? Fertilizing? If you are doing either or both, maybe you should stop. Especially this year - 2nd highest rainfall on record. Also,...
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Nathan Hall
nathandhall
May 3, 2005 6:09 pm
Hi Andy, Thanks for the advice. I am not fertilizing, and am watering just enough to prevent the vines from starting to wilt in the heat. I am hoping not to...
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grapestompper
May 3, 2005 10:28 pm
It is a lot of work because I do it by hand. I have not lost a Vine cane or even a single bud in 5 years of doing it. I will always use canes because of the...
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lownmkr
May 4, 2005 12:18 pm
I might also add that it is important to put something around the vines to protect them form rabbits as they are a favorite source of browse for them. Ron ... ...
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raphaelshea
May 4, 2005 1:51 pm
Dave, That's great information, thanks so much. Are you getting good wine grapes from them? Raphael...
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acorad2003
May 4, 2005 4:47 pm
I planted a couple dozen 877 syrah clone on 101-14 rootstock a little over a year ago. I am training them to bi-cordon VSP. I let them grow last summer, and as...
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twistedvines01
May 4, 2005 6:56 pm
hi all, this is similiar to a question on shoot thinning from the other day, bu tplease bear with me. i am on second year cab sav plants, with trunks and...
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John L. Eakins
jeakins_2000
May 4, 2005 7:33 pm
Tony Wolfe from VA tech says 4 shoots per foot of cordon. John...
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Fahrlander, Mike M [CC]
fahrlanderfa...
May 4, 2005 7:51 pm
I've pretty much survived the late frosts, only to discover another problem. I've posted a couple of pics to the site under "critter damage". The closeup...
