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Spring frost damage is a common problem among grape growers!   As you can see from the picture on the...

Growing Grapes On A Pergola is not that hard if you follow these instructions! Hi friends, In the previous post...

Summer Pruning Grape Vines – The Forgotten Growing Season Manipulation! Hi friends, I hope you are all doing well.  Today...

Grow Grapes – More Than Just The Fruit And Wine: Since the last post, I received hundreds of emails from...

Aquaponics at home – I know this is not all grape growing related, but since most of you are either...

Hi grape growing friends, The 1st of September is the start of Spring here down south, and for the friends in...

Refractometer is an instrument that measures the sugar content of grapes. With this post I will show you how to...

Growing Grapes In A Pot – What to know… Hi dear grape growing friends. Hope you are having a wonderful...

Hi grape growing friends, With the Soccer World Cup fever at it’s highest here in South Africa, and my farm...

Hi friends, With this article I want to talk about grape vine grafting.  This is quite a common question among...

Hi grape growing friends. It’s been a while since I posted on my blog, because I took a short break...

Growing Grapes – the key elements for having a great vineyard So many times I have heard this question: “Danie, what...

Pruning a grape vine – where does is come from and why? Pruning a grape vine dates as far back as...

Bunch Sizing for grape vines: With this article, I will discuss an important part of preparing the grape bunches for...

Those of you who were subscribed to My Grape Vine a year ago, will probably remember the article I wrote...

Suzana, one of the first members of My Grape Vine, send me this question a few days ago. She wanted...

31 October not only means Halloween for people from the USA, but means the end of the growing season for...

At least one out of every ten emails I receive, has something to do with either “no grapes on a...

Powdery mildew is the main fungal disease that most grape growers confront every seasons.   The fungus that cause powdery mildew is called Uncinula...

I often receive question from new grape growers to explain the terminology I use in my articles.  After reading this,...