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I will give that a try. Thanks

I am in east Tennessee and I am having trouble with a certain pest right now. It is the grape can girdler. I have been checking out information, like pdf's from various universities and etc., but they usually seem to just call them a minor pest and do not really recommend spraying. No...

I have a question about my Concords that I will be using for wine. I just processed my SEEDED Concords a few days ago. Now I just harvested a bunch of SEEDLESS Concords. I will process tomorrow maybe but noticed some of them have some noticeable "splotchiness" under the skin of some grapes in...

I just harvested my Canadice, Suffolk, and seeded Concords. The plastic container is half full of Canadice and Suffolk. The 5 gallon bucket is two thirds full of Concords. The sweetness of my Concords is quite amazing, I think. Still got ALOT of seedless concords to harvest also. Not too...

I really enjoy my grapes but I usually jokingly tell people not to do it. Just be sure you start the process right (unlike me) so things go smoother.

For me, there's nothing easy about bird nets. However, it is the ONLY thing that works. The birds around here actually risk going up under the nets. They are crazy!

Thought this would be the place to post this. Ok I got a problem with a recipe for wine with a fermentation time of about 3 months. It's not a bad problem but still a problem. Past two seasons the ferment time has been about 1 year instead of 3 months. I am about to harvest so this is a...

Thanks for the advice. However, the ones that were not ripening seem to slowly, but surely, begin to change color. I just do not remember this happening last year so I was a bit worried.

I do not remember such differences in ripening in the past from my grapes. I am seeing some clusters very nearly ripe but some (on the very same vine) look almost completely green. Seeing the same from my Canadice and Suffolk but not as worried about them. So I am wondering if I am gonna have...

For me, when the grapes start turning, it's like the Hitchcock movie The Birds. Birds here are nuts. They will go under my nets just to get at the grapes. Seems like any animal would find that very risky. Just be sure that the nets and grapes have space between them or birds will peck at...

Ok, so I will give the mancozeb a try. I also think I will try clearing out most of the leaves. And I guess I am stuck with expensive nets. Thanks

Hi, I am new here but not new to growing grapes. I have gotten grapes for about four years off of my vines (first year was not very significant though). I have 3 Concords, 2 Syrahs (1 is kinda iffy), 2 brand new Muscadines, a Canadice, a Suffolk, and a white grape vine. I have done VERY well...