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 [...]
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 [...]
In this video presentation I want to show you how to train new grape vines on an arbour.
Enjoy
(The size of the video is 31 Meg)
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Have a great day!Danie The Grape Guy
http://www.my-grape-vine.com
Most of us only dream of building our own wine cellar where we can process the grapes that we have been working so hard on during the season. But what not many grape growers realize, is that many private wine cellars and wine makers, made their first wine in their backyard or garage. They started [...]
Have you ever considered growing grapes in a greenhouse?
Growing vitis vinifera grapes for some of you guys in the colder climates is something you can only dream of. Vitis vinifera, as you probably know by now, is susceptible to cold damage when the temperatures drop below 0 *F or -15*C. Now this is really cold, [...]
Grape Growers, have a look at this!
It is amazing what some poeple do. They now use Golden Retrievers to find Mealy bugs!
Have a look at this video, it is quite amazing how they treat those dogs!
Click here to watch this videoEnjoyDanie
PS: Have you joined the My Grape Vine Forum? If you have grape [...]
I have received numerous question about grapes drying out before they are ready for harvest or that pea-size berries crack open. So, I have decided to write an article about Powdery Mildew and also include some of the pictures send by them - enjoy!
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Wondering what the white powder-like mildew on grapes is? It is called [...]
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 [...]
History of grape growing
Drinking wine is a pleasure that has been enjoyed since almost 4000BC. The science of viticulture, or grape cultivation, began with the need to domesticate wild vines. Viticulturists needed to breed domestic plants with higher fruit yields, since wild grapes invest little energy in fruit production. Wild grapes were also dioecious, meaning [...]
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 [...]
