Recent content by marcopolo

I wee update, over the last few days, regardless of no rain it has continued to wither and deteriorate. I dug a test hole a wee way away and the ground all the way down is very dry so it appears my ground drains well. I think i've got to go on the assumption something nasty went down into the...

Thankyou for the reply. Weed killer was applied about 6-8months ago in the close proximity, but not on top of, very careful to spray locally. Roundup, not 2-4D.This was because of Lilac shoots coming up too close to the area. However I never saw the vine react at all then. It is Very clay...

Hello all, i'm in need of some urgent help or advice. About 6 days ago the shoots on my 8 year old Black Hamburg vine started to wilt. I have no idea why but I can go through the steps taken prior to that that may have caused it. At the start of spring I mulched the area outside the greenhouse...

Sorry it looks like I posted in winemaking where I should have posted in the other section. So i'm in Scotland, Edinburgh. However I brought my whole greenhouse on early with heaters and growlamps (mainly for my other plants) in early March and the grapevine sprung into life around Mar 20th...

This year I was going to take fruit from those vertical permanent canes (and probably not any from the horizontal permanent cane just above the staging) By the way they are not actually vertical. They slope up to the apex of the roof. So the plan was so grow this years shoots about 2-4 off...

So i've established the framework for my vine over 3 years (The vine was actually aged 2 when I bought it.). It looks like this in my greenhouse (see attachment). The problem is i'm now not sure what to prune or leave on the vine. So i've got the following questions. The vine is already...

My Black Hamburg vine has done very nicely on it's second year in the ground (Was 3 years old on purchase) roots planted outside the greenhouse but coming into the greenhouse at the bottom. It's now got a nice 'W' permanent cordon shape and I didn't let it crop. Most of the wood is ripe and...

Thankyou for all the advice. What I think i'll do this first summer/autumn is 'let it go'. If at the end of the season i'm seeing poor growth from all 3 or 4 of the shoots that there are currently are i'll prune hard in winter to 3ish buds. If it is vigorous throughout the summer (it does seem...

.....arrrgggghh and i've found more seemingly contradictory advice for the first year.....some diagrams are showing on the first winter to prune the new growth to back to the first cordon wire leaving the only main trunk, whilst others are saying to prune right at the bottom to about 3...

Hi all, i've planted my black hamburg grape, roots outside the greenhouse in a nice big prepared hole and lead the vine in the greenhouse. I am wondering what to do in the first year now. I want just one main horizontal stem (but vertically up to the eave or trellis height to begin) and in...

Ahhh I suspected this was the case. Strange through I looked at many online sources of info and guides on proagating vines but none mentioned the above method. There must be a fundamental reason i'm not understading why it's not generally done like this to get more vines.

dear winemaking forum, First post here and I've purchased my first ever grape vine (although it's a dessert grape). I've spent many hours reading up and getting to learn the new plant addition to my life but it's thrown up some puzzling things in my head!!!! So i've got a grafted vine in...