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VinesnBines, my elevation is 3090. That is good info on the Marquettes. I have a row of Somerset table grape, which break early. I am batting about %500 with them beating the late frosts. It gives me good pause to reconsider the Marquettes. My Chambourcin, comes in late September. I'll be...

I am in Todd, NC which is a little NW of Boone. Six years ago, we blindly planted 250 vines. I am pulling up the last of the Vinifera (cab Franc) this winter. I have Chambourcin grapes four years in and doing well. I am considering Marquette to replace the cab Franc, but I am not sure I really...

Dennis, I am wondering about your Cab Franc. I am 6a also. Most of my cab franc are back to sprouting from the ground at the beginning of year three. I had canes horizontally on the trellis and was expecting a good year. I am about ready to pull mine up. Where are you with yours?

Here you go. I feel confident that the pressure I’m getting from the nozzles is enough to penetrate the summer foliage at 10ft width.

Last year I lost an entire crop to Black Rot. I vowed this year to commit to a spraying regiment. I had been working with two 2.5L hand held sprayers. It was the cheap solution, but not the efficient one. My vines are on hilly terrain also, but my small tractor will work. I paired the spray...

I am along the New River in Todd N.C. I am about 10 miles from Boone, which is more familiar to most people. I am growing Chamboucin along with the Cab Franc for wine. I also grow Somerset, Catawba, and some Concords for table grapes.

I‘m in the mountains of North Carolina (6a). I have about 60 Cab Franc vines in the ground, and ranging in age from 1-3 years. I don’t really know what the hell I’m doing, so you have to factor that in... We had an early spring and then a wicked freeze the night before Mother’s Day. I was...