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Always check the range listed on the fungicide label. It will say something like do not apply with less than 20 gallons per acre of water or give a range between 20 and 40 gallons per acre. You want to be sure to use enough water to get good coverage. Then as bchilders says be sure you are...

I would think too about trying some vines with the tubes and some without to see if you really get a benefit from them at your site. I find I learn a lot by being able to compare different techniques in my hobby vineyards. For me here in Connecticut I find that the grow tubes give me good...

Berrycrush, I've used that product you found on Amazon a few years back. It did not work very well - tangled easily every time the wind moved it around. Maybe you'll have better luck with it.

I agree with the other posts Marquette is a much nicer grape to work with and results in very nice red wines for me. It has vigor but one pruning in season is all it needs to stay on track. A friend of mine with a commercial vineyard has it trained top wire cordon and he finds it doesn't need in...

Cayuga has been very vigorous for me at home (I have them trained VSP), which was my concern when I posted this. That said it has been a great grape to work with and makes very good wines for me. I also have liked most of the wines I've purchased that are made from it. I've re-thought my...

Thanks for the input Grapeman and BChilders. I did check the pH and it is 6.2 which is good. Vigor was my main concern. Any recommendations for a lower vigor white variety? I'm zone 6 here. I like Cayuga a lot but it will probably be too vigorous? Something like that would be good though.

I'm considering planting a vineyard on a piece of some farmland I own since I'm out of room at home for more vines. The land is upland near the Connecticut river and is well drained silty loam per USDA. I've owned the property for about ten years and it has been a good vegetable field for my...

Looks great grapeman! Are you using the landscape fabric for weed control only or do you find it warms the soil and helps ripening? I'm thinking of how vegetable farms use plastic mulch to ripen crops faster and wondering if you saw that effect in the vineyard.

We had 4 inches of rain over the last two days so we seem to be back on track rain wise. It made up for the month with no rain. Thanks again for the answers.

Thanks much for the input. To RedSun I burned off a 5 foot wide strip with Roundup last year so that is the dead grass area. I left it undisturbed as we have very deep sandy soil here so there was no need to loosen. I think my phone camera distorted the scale a bit. To mjrisenhoover I...

Here in my part of Connecticut we have been without rain for almost 30 days and as a result the soil is getting very dry, almost powder! Normally we have about an inch a week here through July, so irrigation has never been something I've thought too much about. Anyway, my question is how far...

I'm new to this forum and I too am in the Connecticut Valley. I have a pallet of used wire from the shade fields. There are 2 sizes of wire no.8(some use 9) and no.11. I just planted 10 new Frontenac vines behind my farm shop a few weeks back and I plan to use the no. 8 wire, 4 wire VSP. It...