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This is all very interesting! I have been growing native and hybrids for about fifteen years. Our summers in Ks are hot and sometimes very humid, but we have lots of wind and I live next to a cell tower, if that tells you anything! I have never used any sprays on my grapes, have real decent...

No snow here. Sun was out today and in the low fiftys, so I went to hacking on my vines! Just got a good start, the sun going down and getting chilly out there! I'm changing some old vines that were trellised on double kniffen over to twc. I lose to much fruit on the lower wire to all kinds...

I just had this happen. I had a nasty carboy, with a lot of staining inside from some whit concorde that was made in it. I mixed up some pbw stronger than normal, and let sit for a week, as I was busy with other things. It lft a deposit on the inside everywhere but about two inches from the...

I have been hoping more of you fellas had some imput of what and how you do yours.....anybody?

Looking at you trellis, I would like to suggest a possible solution for helpin the crowdedness of the situation. If you add about four or five feet of trellis on either end, you would be able to train the trunks on the outside two vines outward as much as four feet, and would spread the upper...

Thank you balontonwine for that. That is helpful! I will look more into foliar spraying, as a more controled way of fertilizing. I put your link in my favorites so I can refer back as needed.

What type of soil are you planted in, wxtrendsguy? I'm sure that soil type would have a lot to do with adding fetilizer.

I have norton, frontenac, concord, and a small number of cataba. I have the norton on gdc and the concord on double kniffen. The rest are on twc. I've had good growth on most vines, but a few I'm sure could use some fertilizer, but I've been scared to overdo it. I also have just one leaf...

I have been growing grapes now for over 15 years, and have read a lot written about fertilizing vines. Some say to fertilize twice a year with 10-10-10, and others say only if the vine has low vigor. The soil where I live and have my vines is red clay. Good topsoil down about eight inches to...

I use a blanket of co2 on carboys that have headspace. I bulk age all my wines, and use solid bungs, not airlocks, after the ferment is over and rack it into a new carboy. I can't remember ever losing any wine by doing this, and it sure saves watering down your wine, topping it off with water...

There is no pectin in elderberrys. I steam juice elderberrys every year and have not ever had wine that wouldn't clear. Some other fruits and berrys are not suitable for heating.

Thank you for the reply johnd. Never heard of one before!

What is a "smucker ed weeder" ?

Steve is spot on! When making a second, I always just take the free run wine on the first, then add back with one can of consentrated red grape juice per gallon. They have always came out very nearly as dark as the first, and drinkable much sooner, but with very good color and flavor.

Well I finially have a solution for the wasp eating us out of house and home. Use a 12.5 ounce can of Swanson's white chicken breast meat, and 1/2 teaspoon of Taures SC insectiside. I would love to post the vidio, but not techy enough! The idea is to get the wasps to carry the poison back to...

Frontenac man, you may want to ook into Plotcher's Verona also. They are touted as a low acid grape. I planted 26 Verona vines this spring, and will be a couple years yet till I have a crop, but they have put on a tremendous amout of wood for one year old vines. Wish I knew how to post a pic...

I bet he wishes they were too! Those trumpet vines can get annoying with their growth habits!

:uWell, my bagging experiment could have gone much better. I bought glassine bags, which are a lightly waxed white bag, and bagged grapes for what seemed forever. Many of the grapes look as though they got sunburned in the bags, at least half the cluster they just dried up and turned brown...

Sage, where did you get those? I been thinking along those lines, as I've got some frontenac that is getting there, but they are starting to work on me. Thanks for any info. Lee

Thanks for the replys fellas, I appreciate your imput for sure!