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Hey guys so I put the first fruiting wire on as well as grow tubes. I had to dig out and replant one of my cab franc vines because I set the graft too high. It’s supposed to be around 2” from the soil so it can be buried in winter. They are all about 2-3” so I think I’m ok. One issue I have...

@Rice_Guy Yeah JB are serious eaters. I did a ton of crushing last year on the hops. It was like a beetle graveyard out there lol. I’m not sure if the milky spore will work but I’m willing to try building the spores in my soil now than later. As they eat the spores they multiply it in your soil...

To anyone reading this that is a novice like me that wants to get a better understanding of all things grape growing and to plant some vines on your property this is one of the best resources I’ve found. Tom on youtube It was like I took a paid course for free. They are numbered and ordered...

@Cynewulf Awesome thank you, yeah I’m hoping to strike up conversations at the local vineyards. I put down a first round of milky spore around the property. I’m not looking to grow the wine grapes organically. I want the healthiest looking hedge rows possible. The Suffolk red grapevine planted...

Yeah that’s one major thing I haven’t done much research on yet is the chemicals. There are so many different chemicals its overwhelming haha. I only used neem oil/murphy’s oil soap for the hops and that worked for insects except for the Japanese beetles. I will be getting milky spore down this...

Hey all! Thanks for the welcome here in the introductions. I want to start this thread to document and learn from my newly planted mini vineyard. My first born daughter, Lydia, will be here in a couple weeks! I worked my tail off to put in this small vineyard before she arrives. I can’t wait to...

@CTDrew Hey drew! Looking forward to starting a new thread on my mini vineyard. Can’t wait to start visiting our local vineyards again this year. I’ll be looking at the wine and their vines with new eyes thanks to resources like this!

Lol I have a kind of unique story for how I got into it... I was never a beer guy it was always wine or whiskey when I was younger or cheap beer. Then when the craft beer boom exploded my palate changed and I became interested in brewing. My friend worked at hooker brewing in CT and sold me all...

I enjoy the sense of community found on these forums when I don’t have any brewing or winemaking friends! Thanks for the welcome guys!

Hey all, nature loving, soon to be dad, lover of beer cider wine and whiskeys, from CT. I’m over at homebrewtalk as beerisgud. I grew a bunch of hops last year and this year I started a small backyard vineyard. I’m sure you’ll see me asking a bunch of questions and hopefully answering some...