31 October not only means Halloween for people from the USA, but means the end of the growing season for most grape growers in the Northern Hemisphere as well.
This brings us to a question I received after yesterdays blog post. Tracy asked if we are on vacation the whole winter, because the grape vines are [...]
At least one out of every ten emails I receive, has something to do with either “no grapes on a grape vine”, or “too small berries”, or “not enough grapes”.
This is for sure the most common question asked by new grape growers. Unfortunately, it is on the most difficult to answer as well, because there [...]
Powdery mildew is the main fungal disease that most grape growers confront every seasons. The fungus that cause powdery mildew is called Uncinula Necator.
Many grape growers struggled to keep powdery mildew under control in vineyards, as once your vines are infected and the symptoms are visible, the disease already is in an advance stage of development.
The symptoms are visible on all green parts of [...]
I often receive question from new grape growers to explain the terminology I use in my articles. After reading this, I hope you will be able to picture or identify all the different parts of the grape vine.
Cuttings or grafted cuttings:
A grape vine cutting, is a small piece of wood (4 to 12 buds in [...]
Hi Grape Friends,
I received this email from Rick, a member of the Complete Grape Growing System. From the email he send me, it seems like he knows what to do - how to start constructing the framework of the grape vines, however he ran into some difficulties along the way.
By the way, Rick’s grape vines [...]
