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I know it is a bit early, but due to the extremely cold winter I lost about 20% of my muscadine vines. They just didn't like the 4 degree nights. Any one have any ideas as to what one can do to insulate the vines incase we get another cold winter next year? My idea is to bubble wrap the trunks...

I found a new way to fasten the wire to the end posts using a quick end that only cost about $1.43 each. I used this new device to attach 14 wires to my newly expanded vineyard section. It took less that an hour to attach all 14 wires. I admit they were very short runs of only 25' but the device...

Installation of 4’ end posts I installed (14) 4” end posts in my new Muscadine section. The rows are very short, only 25’. I planted each post 2’ deep and compacted the soil around each post with a pick ax handle. When I installed them about 2-3 weeks ago the posts were solid and steady. When...

Here in Dalton, Ga. it was down to 5 deg F. yesterday morning, high of 22. Right now at 6:23 AM it's 11. Highly concerned about my Muscadines. I do have 20 or so new ones that I potted up and stored in the basement. At least they will be safe. Could not mulch them in time. The mulch was...

Hoeing around Grape Vines There was a thread a while back in which some people said that it was safe to hoe around grape vines due to the fact that they have a deep root system. My experience in the last few weeks has contradicted that fact. I have been digging up my adult grape vines making...

I have a dumb question. I just bought 14 new 4” round fence posts for my newly planted muscadine vines. As I said the posts are 4” in diameter but have 1 flat side. My question is: will the posts bow in the direction of the flat side or the round side? I want to set the posts so that they bow...

Muscadine Starter Vines ONLY $4.99 We only have 4 varieties of Muscadine Starter Vines still available, but they are going fast!!! We have: SCUPPERNOG (F) (Bronze) SUMMIT (F) (Red) DELICIOUS (SF) (Black) TARA (SF) (Bronze) Please note that our growing facility is located in...

I need a few words of advice. I have installed many an end post for grape vines and muscadine in my day, but I am sure that there is some one out there with better methods of installation than I have in mind. At present I have (7) short rows, only 25’ long of newly planted Muscadine vines with...

I has sprayed religiously with Manab and Captan, alternation every other 2 weeks and still got black rot on my Sebel grapes. I started when I first saw bud break. Any suggestions or is it a lost cause???

I am not exactly a newbe. I have successfully been making wine for 40+ years I have been using older wine making books to learn my hobby. None of my books ever mention “MLF”. This forum talks about it all of the time, but never explains what it is. Can some one please enlighten me as to what...

I just bought an "Oasis #18, Hocking Valley Mfg Co." grape crusher on eBay, couldn’t resist the price. It is made some time between 1900-1949, so they stated. The wood is “NAILED” together. It shows signs of aging including surface cracks. The crushing mechanisium seams to be made out of...

Just racked my Seibel and Seibel “false wine” Both are dark red, samples were great. Actually the “second” was as dark as the first and had more flavor??? In Nov. I plan to bottle my Seibel and plum wine from last year. Last years Seibel is DARK, DARK, red and my plum is a mellow golden.

I have a nice sellection of young muscadine vines in 4" containers ready to ship at only $4.99 or 3/$14.00. Please check out my Web Sight for more info: www.GrapeVinesAndMore.com I have just started harvesting my muscadines so that I can finally make my muscadine wine again. Hans

Hi Guys, you need to check out Steve Hughes home made grape destemmer In Wine Maker Mag. on page 44 in the June-July issue. www.winemakermag.com Hans

Here is some interesting info that I copied and pasted from another wine forum. It might be helpfull to some. I copied and pasted it to my "wine Making Cheat Sheet". SUGAR NOTES 2 oz. (4 TBSP) sugar raises 1 gallon's s.g. by .005 1 cup sugar raises 1 gallon's s.g. by .020 5 cups raises 5...

It was time to harvest my Moores Diamond grapes. Hundreds of bees, not little honey bees but larger bumble type bees, where waiting for me. They were very intimidating!! I managed to harvest 140# with out being stung once. Today I will process them and crush them with my home made grape...

Any one kow details about canopy managment of muscadines during growing season?