Recent content by theprodigy

If someone can get pictures that they have or can find that would be much appreciated. Dormant pruning- Deliberate removal of plant parts during dormacy to redirect or regulate growth also to promote growth and control fruiting and flowering in the up coming growing season. (picture needed)...

Beatiful, nice work. What is your vine spacing?

Vineyard design and establishment Some of these are standard and some are my opinions. Please take this into consideration and please enjoy or add on. Longer rows are better- Fewer end posts, take less labor time (tractor turning) less gas, ect. Optimize performance = No blank spaces beetween...

Are you talking about simple layering? You generally want to do this in the early spring permits, but it also depends on your weather situation as grapeman talked about. I will be waiting until it warms up a bit. To do simple layering get a shoot and bend it over, placed in a hole in your soil...

In California how much could you save a year (per acre) by dry farming?

Arne there is a few different ways and methods on this subject but the most common method I know of is doing a dormant cutting. So when the vines are dormant take your cut. Select a one year old growth, collect straight shoots. Take a 6 foot or so shoot and then start making your cuttings at the...

I know it's being done in California with Zin. Is there any reason if you are going to dry farm, Zin is the best choice?

Wow that's awesome. Did you have to add a lot of sugar. I know beets are really healthy. I wonder if there in any benefit too drinking fermented beet wine.

How do you add and what exactly will the elderberries do to the wine? My reccomendation would be to blend wines if you have that option. If not see if you can buy a little juice of something else from a local home winemaker. You should be able to fix some of the holes in the wine if you blend...

Has anyone made or drunken Carrot wine before? I just crushed some juice and am making about 5 gallons This should be interesting.

I have used Clay Bentonite before for my whites. It really cleared up my SB very nicely. Clay Bentonite is is formed from fine volcano dust. It's just right for the job. When It is hyrdrated the trillions of plates in their plates provide huge surface area. Secondly the plates are negatively...

Good stuff man. Always remove tendrils. I really like your homemade trellis system. How did you do your irrigation?

Hello fellow wine makers and grape growers. Excited to be here. This is my first post and I wanted to talk about some tips for establishing a vineyard. Well we gotta make money or at least get as much bang for our buck. Maximizing either or both yield and quality is essential (thus the...