Hello, I was looking to plant 10 or so Petite Pearl and Verona grapes this upcoming season. I'm curious what other people's experiences have been so for with these varieties. How long was their growing season to harvest? How many GDD to harvest? What was the brix and acid levels of the harvested grapes?
I have a spot I want to plant grapes that gets about 10 hours a day of sunlight....somewhat less in September/October. Knowing some parameters ahead of time may be useful to support my decision to use these varieties. I know success is driven by a lot of factors, especially soil and location, but I wanted to get a sense of the art of the possible before jumping right in.
The growing season here runs about 150-160 days between first and last frost. Soil testing checked a lot of the boxes for grape growing. My biggest concern is having enough sunlight available to ripen the grapes sufficiently and length of season.
Crimson Pearl is also in consideration if available. I'm just not sure how much knowledge of this variety is out there just yet. T.P. 1-1-12 may be promising if/when it's released for sale.
I have a spot I want to plant grapes that gets about 10 hours a day of sunlight....somewhat less in September/October. Knowing some parameters ahead of time may be useful to support my decision to use these varieties. I know success is driven by a lot of factors, especially soil and location, but I wanted to get a sense of the art of the possible before jumping right in.
The growing season here runs about 150-160 days between first and last frost. Soil testing checked a lot of the boxes for grape growing. My biggest concern is having enough sunlight available to ripen the grapes sufficiently and length of season.
Crimson Pearl is also in consideration if available. I'm just not sure how much knowledge of this variety is out there just yet. T.P. 1-1-12 may be promising if/when it's released for sale.
