Chuck-crisler
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I have been checking my sugar levels regularly. Note: it is mid-September, just a bit late. On Sept. 14 my Frontenac and Marquette tested around 22-24 B, so I decided to harvest, which is a good thing because something (rabbits?) is eating my grapes. So it is a race between getting sugar high enough and getting anything. Between 6 Frontenac and 6 Marquette, I got barely 18 lbs of grapes. The rabbits have done well. I mixed the two. Now for the worse news. The TA is 1.4% and the pH is 3.16. I measured the TA 3 times and, unfortunately, got the same answer each time. So my plans for MLF will require a significant alteration to the pH, and I have to do an MLF due to the acid. I am beginning to wonder why I bother. I have been waiting for 'next year' for over 15 years now. I have too much time, effort, money and emotion invested to quit, but can't seem to ever get anything.