Archive for February, 2007

Ring-bark a grape vine

Hello GrapeViners,

I have something really interesting to share with you today. Do you know what ring-barking is?

Look at the picture below:
Research has shown that the direction of sap flow in a grape vine is in the direction of the red arrows. Sap from the roots of the vine, goes upwards through the core and young [...]

Succesful cuttings made by Joel!

Hello once again my fellow grape growers and subscribers of My-Grape-Vine!

Today I want to share a fasinating story with you.

It’s about a subsciber of My-Grape-Vine.

Meet Joel (for privacy reasons I will not reveal Joel’s email adress), owner of a dwarf Merlot grape vine (shown in the picture below).

Joel joined My-Grape-Vine in mid December, and [...]

Compost - changing the soil you grow your grapes on

What is Compost? A good description for compost can be decomposed organic material that is produced when bacteria in soil break down garbage and biodegradable trash, making organic fertilizer.
Gardeners and farmers use compost for soil enrichment. The relatively stable humus material that is produced from a composting process in which bacteria in soil mixed with [...]