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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blumentopferde" data-source="post: 520739" data-attributes="member: 25302">Update:Now the hardest time is over and the clusters are on their way. Time to have a look on my vineyard:Most of the surviving vines that were planted 2 years ago look very poor:Just a few leaves and most of these leaves show necrosis (variety: Pinot Noir):<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479791_20140718_140403.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479791_20140718_140403.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479792_20140718_140431.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479792_20140718_140431.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479793_20140718_140445.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479793_20140718_140445.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479794_20140718_140551.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479794_20140718_140551.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479795_20140718_140646.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479795_20140718_140646.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>A few do better but show a weird coloration of the leaves (variety: Marzemino - a red Pinot-Noir-like variety):<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479797_20140718_140728.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479797_20140718_140728.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479798_20140718_140735.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479798_20140718_140735.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479800_20140718_140744.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479800_20140718_140744.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479804_20140718_140750.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479804_20140718_140750.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Those are the only surving Gewurztraminers. At least they do fine:<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479812_20140718_140901.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479812_20140718_140901.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The old vines do much better, but only one vine formed beautiful clusters:<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479806_20140718_140813.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479806_20140718_140813.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479807_20140718_140821.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479807_20140718_140821.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479810_20140718_140829.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479810_20140718_140829.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The others show no clusters at all or only very small ones:<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479815_20140718_140929.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479815_20140718_140929.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479816_20140718_140942.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479816_20140718_140942.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479817_20140718_140949.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479817_20140718_140949.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479822_20140718_141040.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479822_20140718_141040.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479824_20140718_141047.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479824_20140718_141047.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479825_20140718_141053.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479825_20140718_141053.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Those seem to be rootstock varieties:<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479796_20140718_140700.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479796_20140718_140700.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479813_20140718_140907.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479813_20140718_140907.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Here are some examples of what you can do wrong in your vineyard:Glyphosate damage:<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479814_20140718_140918.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479814_20140718_140918.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479819_20140718_140957.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479819_20140718_140957.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Destroyed bark from mowing between the vines. They will turn yellow in a few weeks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479820_20140718_141017.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479820_20140718_141017.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>At least the new vines do fine (variety: Blauer Wildbacher - Austrain red variety).<a href="http://www.pixhost.org/show/284/22479811_20140718_140846.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://t5.pixhost.org/thumbs/284/22479811_20140718_140846.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>I don't think that I can get the 2-year-old vines over the winter. They just don't have enough foliage. I hope the damaged old vines will come back next year. They are very old and have a well-established root system... For the new vines I can only hope for a moderate winter.I also have a new spraying routine, which seems not cause leaf burn:copper against downy mildew, milk against powdery mildew and "Aminovital", a bilogical fertilizer, as wetting agent.to be continued...</blockquote>

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