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very nice. won't be long before you start to upgrade your equipment i bet

When all was said and done SG was 1.092 (22 brix); pH 2.83 and TA 20.4 gm/l. Pitched yeast yesterday QA23

Actually picked at 23 brix today

i co-innoculate which is couple days after start of AF

I would say you're good to go. I'll be picking mine tomorrow at 21 brix

I've tried both BM4X4 and 71B previously and have now gone totally to 71B co-inoculated with VP41 MLB for my red hybrids. The 71B helps reduce acidity in the primary. Hope this helps.

Our here in northwest Montana were measuring 14-15 yesterday. Hopefully another week will get them up to a level where we can pick before cold weather arrives

Had the same bad experience trying to bud graft this past spring - think i started a little too early

I would think that it might work but you want to make sure there's no SO2 left in the wine. you can check levels with a Vinmetrica analyzer. If there is some SO2 remaining it can be stripped with hydrogen peroxide - don't recall offhand what the dose is but there's plenty of information on web...

You may wish to co-inoculate but make sure your pH is above 3.2. I use VP41 MLB along with Lalvin 71B yeast which also reduces some of the malic acid

I bought an old fashion cherry pitter off ebay for around $30 and it worked great for pitting the 26# of sour cherries this year. Most pits came off nice and clean with the pulp dropping out the end

That seems to be the general consensus, for flat ground from what I've read, but I've seen all kinds of variations. Most commercial vineyards run their rows in an uphill/downhill orientation as it's easier for equipment to go up and down versus across the slope. In my own vineyard which is on...

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I always stick bottles in the oven at 250 degrees for about ten minutes. most labels will peel right off without any residual but every once in a while some will leave a residue. For those stubborn bottles I clean them with with VN&P Naphtha which works quickly and leaves no residue...

K-Meta works by the S02 vapor produced. That doesn't occur with star san

Yep think that's the one :cool:

nope don't chew it. just pull a chunk apart into small pieces and put it down into hole(s). I suppose you could unwrap an entire piece and put the whole thing in the hole but that might be a little wasteful. It'll go a lot farther if you break it into small morsels.

right now I'm using "Original Bubble Yum" - they have it everywhere. If you can find it i also like the string bubble gum - it comes in a pouch with a baseball player caricature on it sort of like a pouch of chewing tobacco

No problem - only other thing that comes to mind is that spearmint gum is probably more of a deterrent as are any of the other essential oils. keep me posted on how it works out

i simply break off small pieces from lump of bubble gum and stuff them down into hole. sometimes have to poke dirt mound to see where burrow is, then i push gum into opening and spread dirty in mound into hole and smooth out surface just so i can tell which mound(s) have been treated. good...