Recent content by daniyalsm

Thank you for the link. I already had read one article from the USAID docs for Afghanistan, but this link contains all of them. I believe the Afghanistan grape growing area will be closer match the Balochistan province of Pakistan, rather than Punjab, but this surely will have a lot of helpful...

@balatonwine Thank you very much for the detailed info. As for manure, we only apply it to fields after it well composted. @grapeman Thank you sir :)

Hi, Just got a few questions. So my grapes bud break was around 1st March. Today (23rd May - about 82 days ago) some varieties are undergoing veraison. I am wondering whether they will still increase in size or not? I think they are small. Also how to know when they are ready for harvest? I...

I accidentally liked your post of dead vines and cannot seem to unlike it. Didn't mean too. Very sad to see those. In my area the temperature these days touches 110F.

Thank you very much for your detailed feedback and suggestions. I will definitely start incorporating manure, however I believe incorporating at this stage might not be the best, as I have heard fertilization should not be done during berry softening. Will probably do after harvest. Will also...

Right now have been using chemical fertilizers. First done was just before bud break and the other was a little over 2 months after the first dose. Fertilizers used have been AS, CAN, SSP, SOP, Epsom salt and Boron. Current nutrition levels are unknown. Soil test was done about 1 year ago. Our...

@masbustelo That is true, however there are lots of areas in Pakistan with similar pH soils that are being used for grapes. I guess I will start mulching. I can probably also add cow manure right? As for wheat straw, we just got done harvesting wheat and have a lot of straw available. How do you...

According to wiki my climate is "five-season semi-arid climate". The pH is around 8-8.5. I have never gotten soil tested for aluminum. Organic matter content is around 0.7%. I think the summer sun burns up all the organic matter. Crops in our area generally grow pretty well. The main crops...

@grapeman Looking to find some answers. 3 vines (all 3 are thompson seedless) in my vineyard have turned yellow and their grapes are also yellow rather than green. Furthermore these grapes are much smaller than the green grapes on the other vines next to these. Is this some disease or virus...

@grapeman Hope you are doing well. Do you have any idea what is causing these brown patches on my Thompson Seedless grapes. We are following a proper spray program. Same image zoomed in:

@grapeman oh great! So I will flick of the small ones. But what about the big ones. Is leaving them on good or bad? Also for the small ones, how to choose which one to flick off. Thanks sir.

@grapeman Sir there are many buds which have more than 1 shoots emerging from them. Do we keep both, or snip one of? Also there is something that looks like a flower cluster with the shoots, even though bud break happened around 10 days ago. Can you please let me know what these are...

I wish you the best of health and good luck for your surgery. Hopefully your eyes will be back to normal soon. Thanks for the great info :) @marctee thank you for the information :)

@grapeman hope you have been well and have had a good harvest. My vineyard is now in its third year, however still many plants failed to reach the top wires. Some which did only had one proper shoot going to one side of the top wire instead of both sides. Now I am wondering how to proceed...

looking great! Good luck.