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I am in northern ohio, less than a mile from lake erie. I prune in february, and yes there is snow on the ground when I do my dormant pruning

you do not want to trim till they are fully dormant. I do mine in february. you should cut all 1st year vines back to about two buds

I would follow above advice and add if you have 2 weeks till harvest I would use immunox.

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good advice / choice

Vermilion, OH less than a mile from lake erie zone 6A 180 vidal blanc - 120 are in third season, 60 are in second season 90 delaware - planted this spring long term goal is icewine

get yourself one of these, can be from anywhere and, no, I do not have anything to do with them, but is the best thing I purchased this year. http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.php?mi=82730&itemnum=18030&redir=Y sevin for insects is the best plan. I usually add some manure...

Please don't take my advice as expert advice. I only have 3 years of experience but I have done a ton of research. OSU has some great content, but it is hard to navigate and find. I am just passing on what I have read or tried. The main "grape guy" of OSU states that mancozeb should be the...

not confusing, you do what works for you, and that is how it should be. You should be able to use immunox on the trees. I would do the mancozeb and immunox on both (in fact that is what I do with my apple trees) I would use 1oz of the mancozeb for the vines. I would need to be home to get the...

I would need a little more data. will the 15 gallons of water cover all your vines and be used on just the vines? how many square feet are you covering? I use 1/2 oz per gallon based on 1/3 acre and 8 gallons of water. so if you roughly have 1/3 acre to spray and will use all 15 gallons of...

correct, abound is very toxic to the trees. Luckily for me my trees are a good distance from my vines. immunox will take care of the mildews and a few other things but you will need mancozeb and/or a captan type product to battle the rest. I am open to all questions, and I will let you know if...

Yes, it is fine to mix certain things. Really you just don't want to mix similiar acting products, like mancozeb and captan, trib and immunox or abound and sovran. So I mix mancozeb, trib, and sevin. mancozeb, immunox, sevin captan, trib, sevin captan, immunox sevin abound, sevin sovran, sevin...

To start, I sprayed yesterday after seeing about 1/2 dozen beetles. I seem to be ok using sevin but I don't have the same amount of beetles you do. For fungicides I use Mancozeb, Captan, Imunox, Sovran, Abound, and tebuconazule. My year starts with a dormant spray, end of march of just...

I believe mancozeb is not systemic, in fact I am pretty sure it is not. It acts on what it touches only and is why a thurough spray of all areas is needed when you apply it. I don't think you can "wash" it off, but depending how much you have a good vinegar bath may help clean any traces of it...

actually my first 120 vidal blancs are in their 3rd year. I have 60 more vidals in their second year and 90 delawares I planted this year. My plan is to sell in bulk when I get to that point, then some time down the road making my own wine, sparkling wine, and ice wine. What do you do with the...