You have prepared your site; you have decided what variety to grow; now it is time to plant your grape vine! Well, unfortunately, this is where many home grape growers terribly fail!
Planting a grape vine is not hard, if fact, it is one of the easiest fruits to get started, but there are a few [...]
Thought I share some pictures with you. Our growing season started a bit later than normal because of the abnormal cold & wet winter winter we had.
The early varieties has about 20 - 30cm (7 - 10 inches) of new growth so we will be securing the shoots to the trellis wire probably next week. [...]
I want to share with you a secret many grape growers overlook - and it is the effect bud break has on your grape vine.
What is bud break?
Bud break is when the buds on spurs and canes you pruned during winter (or early spring), breaks open and reveals the new growing point of the shoot [...]
In order to know what to expect when attempting your own hydroponic garden is to know what a hydroponic garden is. Once you understand what this type of gardening entails, you will be more aware of what to expect when constructing a garden of this nature.
Hydroponics is the practice of growing plants in water [...]
Hello grape fans!
Here is how to lay out your vineyard for optimum production, pest control, grape coloring and for best airflow through the vines.
Spacing:
I get lots of question about the spacing of the vines (in the row and between the rows). Now, there isn’t really something like wrong spacing between vines, but there are a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You’ve perhaps heard that money doesn’t grow on trees, but let me tell you something: “Growing trees make cash!”
Do you like gardening? If so, then why don’t you earn some additional cash while doing what you like. Did you know that the plants market was $ 4 000 000 000 last year alone! Yes, that [...]
