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I just put new bird netting on my grapes and I love it because its woven and doesnt get caught in vines or itself. The holes are also very small (1/4" I think) and birds cant get caught. My question is could they be shading the vines too much? My guess is that it's a non-issue, but wanted to...

I am in Connecticut zone 6 and I have some marquette vines that are at about 17 Brix. Being new to this, my main question is how do I know exactly when is best to harvest them? Do I keep testing them until brix have stopped increasing? What Brix level are they capable of producing in my area...

I'm wondering if anyone in the CT area is planning on making wine and can use my grapes. Most of my vines are 2-3 years old now. Last year I just ate what I could and wasted the rest. This year I have more, but still not enough to make a batch. I dont have all the equipment yet and would also...

I have a backyard vineyard of 25 vines. A few varieties are on TWC: America, Baco Noir and Marquette. They are on their 3rd year and most have established cordons and spurs. They are doing great, but the shoots seem to all be growing upward. I have read that certain grape varieties naturally...

What disease I'm lookin at here? Southwestern CT (zone 6a). Trying to learn my grape diseases. Thanks.

I have one additional Marquette vine from planting my vineyard that I decided to plant on the rear foundation of my house. There is no room to set up a traditional trellis, and I dont want to spend any money on more equipment. I have some 8' long 3" dia round Doug fir posts i treated with...

It looks like Ill have a decent little harvest on my 2 year old vineyard, so I wanted to get netting set up asap. I have seen a type of netting that attaches to the trellis wire and can be left there tied up until you need it and it can be unraveled and wrapped around or dropped over fruit zone...

I didnt get many replies to my last post, so I am trying again. Most of my vines are in their second year and have reached the fruiting wire. My first question is regarding TWC: Most of my TWC vines have reached the top wire and I am in the process of establishing cordons. I plan on double...

I planted these vines last spring and most are doing great. The pictures here are of 'America' on a TWC. These shot up to the top wire last year, and I began training cordons which split just below the wire on one (because a shoot arosein the seemingly perfect spot to do this). After reading...

Ok, so I have 16 vines right now on 4 trellises (4 vines per trellis): 4 Cab Franc, 2 America, 2 Baco Noir, 2 Cayuga Whites, 2 Chardonel, 2 Marquette and 2 table varieties. I have room to add 2 vines to each trellis and I am wondering what is the minimum number of vines I need of each variety to...

I'm new to this, and when installing trellis wire on my first couple runs I simply wrapped the wire around the end post once, put a few staples around the post and wrapped the wire around itself. I now know that high tensile wire weakens when you do that, but my question is how much of an issue...