I am looking at buying some Black Spanish vines. I don't have a lot of room but looking to plant about 6 vines. I live in zone 8a.
My biggest issue is my dogs. They get into anything and everything in my yard. So I am thinking about taking some landscape timbers and building up a bed next to my fence. This would be southern facing and raising the bed about 2 feet above ground. Then I would use a 1ft tall landscape edging to further prevent the dogs from getting in there.
I have three questions.
Will raising the bed for the vines create an issue in the winter?
What type of soil should I use to fill in the bed? I could either use my native soil(after getting it tested) or I can basically make it anything I want by going and buying the soil I would want to use to be ideal for grapes.
How big should the bed be for 6 vines that will be used for grapes. How big are the root systems? I was thinking 24-28ft long and 4-6ft wide. Does that sound about right?
I plan on composting to use in the future. Will this be an epic failure?
My biggest issue is my dogs. They get into anything and everything in my yard. So I am thinking about taking some landscape timbers and building up a bed next to my fence. This would be southern facing and raising the bed about 2 feet above ground. Then I would use a 1ft tall landscape edging to further prevent the dogs from getting in there.
I have three questions.
Will raising the bed for the vines create an issue in the winter?
What type of soil should I use to fill in the bed? I could either use my native soil(after getting it tested) or I can basically make it anything I want by going and buying the soil I would want to use to be ideal for grapes.
How big should the bed be for 6 vines that will be used for grapes. How big are the root systems? I was thinking 24-28ft long and 4-6ft wide. Does that sound about right?
I plan on composting to use in the future. Will this be an epic failure?
