Archive for June, 2007

Glen’s vineyard

Hello grape growers!
I am so excited, I just had to put this on my blog! Here is a blog that shows you a really great looking vineyard!
Glen from Slovenia bought the Complete Grape Growers Guide in February this year. He planted his 403 grape vines in April and trained them with the help of my [...]

How to split a grape vine

Have you ever wondered how to split a grape vine to grow in two different directions? Now, you may ask: “Why should I need to split a grape vine?”.

In most trellis systems, somewhere, on one of the trellis wires, you will have to stop the vertical growth of the grape vine and stimulate lateral growth, [...]

Opening the grape vine canopy

I want to share with you a trick I use to improve the ripening & coloring of my grapes.

When you look at picture below, you will notice a gap in the growth, between the two rows (where the two slanted poles are tied together). This picture was taken at about 300mm (+- 12 [...]