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Google Penn State grape spray schedule.....lists recommended chemicals and when to spray them

Thanks for your reply...going to spray my vines with Mancozeb tomorrow. Hope this takes care of it.

This is a picture from a second year St. Croix vine. I clipped all clusters earlier but left one or two per vine to see how they would do. Hope you can see the black spots on the grapes. At first I thought they might be fly poop but this morning discovered they dont wash off. Any help...

I hope too it's fall setting in...this is 1st year for them and I have no spray program for them yet...doing some digging in forums and have come up with one for next year.....these spots started showing up in september....thanks for your input!

These are St. Croix grapes planted in June in eastern Iowa. We have had 10 inches of rain in September and this is a current picture.

What's wrong with theses grape leaves...is it black rot??

Having trouble uploading image for a post...asks for URL of image... need a little tutoring!

Do titration kits work for country wines?

Me tooooo!

Could you share the Avery Label number to get 6 labels per sheet? Can't seem to figure it out.

Ancient Fire Dandelion Wine Started this wine last April and yesterday I finished it, filtered, campden, sorbate and backsweetened. It is very clear, golden in color, has a good aroma and tastes quite nice already...should improve with aging. I found this to be a good recipe to use if you don't...

could you please share the candy cane wine recipe?? couldn't seem to find it doing a search..thanks

Go to the recipe section of this website and you will find a dandelion wine recipe that was published in Wine Makers magazine that uses the whole flower heads.

I have 15# of cut up rhubarb in the freezer and am thinking about starting some wine with it. I have a Waring juice extractor and was wondering if it would be okay to use it to extract the juice. I am thinking that I would pour the juice in a fermenter lined with a straining bag and if any...

Thanks for your reply. I like the idea of using marbles.......less chance of messing up the mead. I really don't think I'll need too many as there isn't that much sediment in the bottoms of the carboys. Marbles are on my shopping list!! Thanks again.