{"id":18,"date":"2007-02-07T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T11:35:59","slug":"succesful-cuttings-made-by-joel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/succesful-cuttings-made-by-joel\/","title":{"rendered":"Succesful cuttings made by Joel!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello once again my fellow grape growers and subscribers of My-Grape-Vine<\/a>! <\/p>\n

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Today I want to share a fasinating story with you.<\/div>\n

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It’s about a subsciber of My-Grape-Vine<\/a>. <\/div>\n

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Meet Joel (for privacy reasons I will not reveal Joel’s email adress), owner of a dwarf Merlot grape vine (shown in the picture below).<\/div>\n
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Joel joined My-Grape-Vine in mid December, and bought the Complete Grape Grower’s Guide on 21 December. After quite a few emails, here and forth, sending pictures of the grape vine, me “e-pruning” (nice word isn’t it) the vine and sending it back, Joel decided to make some cuttings from the vine. <\/div>\n

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Now, Joel lives in the USA, GA and wanted to know how to prune the dwarf vine, so I suggested what I should have done.<\/div>\n
To get to the point, Joel made some cuttings from his vine, and with the help of the Complete Grape Growers Guide and a little personal inisiative he succeded in rooting his VERY OWN grape vines!<\/div>\n
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Well Joel, I personally wants to congratulate you again, as I know how much it means to you, and i want to share this information with all of the subscribers of My-Grape-Vine<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Here are some of the emails we send to each other. Like I always say; “Success can only be found in the actions you take!”<\/div>\n

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Here is Joel’s story and I quote this:<\/div>\n

From Joel:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Well it\u2019s winter time here in Georgia and I didn\u2019t have anything to do except to attempt to root the cuttings from the Dwarf Merlot I showed you. I have not pruned it as yet but I thought it would be cool if I could root the original cuttings I had last fall. I used rooting hormone and placed the pot of cuttings between the furnace and water heater in my basement. Needless to say I was shocked at what I saw one night (See Pictures). I am planning to root the cuttings from the pruning before placing the original plant back out on my deck.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I replied, congratulating ……………<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

From Joel:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hey! Hey! Yeah I\u2019m pretty thrilled at the results. I can\u2019t wait to prune the rest of the plant and start some more. Where in the heck am I going to put all these!!!!! <\/em>LOL<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/span>Like I said this started out in a pot down in the basement (dark most of the day and not heated) placed between the furnace and water heater (<\/em>heated??<\/strong><\/span>). I placed the plastic bag over the top held by a rubber band. I would pull the bag and rubber band back slightly with two fingers and blow to inflate the bag. I watered the cuttings, from the bottom, by pouring water in the saucer that the pot was sitting in. The soil would gently take up the water and not disturb the rooting hormone like it would if you were watering from the top and allowing the water to leach thru the soil. The best thing about bottom watering is that I did not have to take the bag off every time I wanted to water it. <\/em><\/span>……………………….<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Per your suggestion, I think I will move it to a brighter room. I will begin the hardening process in March prior to planting. I like the rooting platform made from wood and a 10 gal aquarium on the site you have linked from your page. I\u2019ve got an aquarium that has been stored in the basement for years. I think I will try this method for the next cuttings.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joel Replied:<\/span><\/p>\n

Hey! Thanks for your time and enthusiasm! I have never met anyone on the internet that has taken so much personal interest in my success as you. It\u2019s very encouraging to say the least. If you give all of your customers\/readers the same way you will surely be a whopping success on the internet. You kind of remind me of Steve Irwin. It\u2019s like you are the Crocodile Hunter of the Grape Vine!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks Joel for the kind words, I personally loved Steve and thanks for sharing this interesting story with all of us, and once again – WELL DONE MY FRIEND!<\/p>\n

Now, the point I want to make by posting this on my blog is: <\/p>\n