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First discovery I made is a very recent one but whether you have a fungal issue close to harvest and cannot use a systemic, practice organic gardening which limits your options or have elected to not use sulfur in an effort to stop/reverse imbalances in ground nutrients etc. there are some...

Namely 2 species variants. fragaria Virginiana var. platypatela or broad leaf strawberry which I believe is a ca native fragaria Virginiana var. glauca or blue leaf strawberry or mountain strawberry which inhabits a larger, northwesterly bordering Canada. I found a few vendors via search but...

A general google search was not helpful but perhaps some Texas natives may know of a nursery? I am looking for a male and a female but would also like to source a custom graft for them. I live in central va and do not believe my soil can sustain them but it does sustain American persimmon...

If so, would you be willing to pollenate a couple flowers and send me the bunches later?

For a moment I’m ignoring the genetic complexities of making it happen. This is more of an exercise of opinion of what a nice whine would entail. although I will add some constants to give a foundation on which to start and a loose type of end goal. I am less than wildly experienced in the...

I was burying a new vine and when I was putting the finishing touches on it my shovel topped over and snapped the primary shoot on my Chardonnay #76. It’s a grafted vine so not much material to work with. The vine snapped but it was not fully broken and there was no crease; about half of the...

I forgot how you tell the difference. I see many wild muscadines with more red tendrils but this one seems to have tan tendrils; is this a bronze muscadine?

With so much angst and woe over pests I decided to be positive and post up a new friend I found today guarding my rooted cuttings! and there is not much she can’t kill and devour. Hope she lays an egg sack!

Generally I have a system that work almost all the time; ALMOST. Generally when I spot an insect I ask if it has antennas or not bc generally predators have long antennas whereas the pest mostly either do not or have very short ones. next I assess where it’s eyes are. If it’s looking up or out...

This came up in a different discussion but do they seem to go for the more aromatic varieties first?

Hello everyone, I have another project I’m working on that is close to fruition. The idea is to bring back “Old American Cultivars”. sadly I only have 1 as of now but the acquisition of material is not my immediate goal. my immediate goal is to find a vendor to distribute the varieties and I...

I have some 1 year old furmint own rooted and doing great! Initially I’m more or less building up genetic stock of vinifera, hybrid and native grapes so I only really need a couple but I have several so I wouldn’t mind trading a few of them. my interest are as follows. Table grapes more or...

Pretty sure the label said pm which got my interest

Overall a great improvement so far! This is focused on organic methods Quick and dirty morning glory is also a host vector for potato leaf hoppers and they seem to prefer it over grapes. Also planting potatoes and giving them systemic pesticides seem to work on potato leaf hoppers I...

As I have been thinking about getting started for real this year by training vines etc.....I stumbled across something that talked about count and non count shoots. Based off what I seen so far the count shoot will be larger in diameter and will have an inflorescence adjacent to it. are there...

Between Chardonnay 548.1 and Grenache Blanc which do you all recommend is the better variety? 548.1 is a clone that ripens earlier and produces more sugars according to the rep. I’m waiting to find out exactly when it ripens. Kinda leaning towards the 548.1 since it is an entav clone and most...

Is it common, uncommon or rare for one to have 4 leaves? I'm guessing uncommon. I cultivated an entire patch and i only seen 1.

This is about a year old but as promised here is a pic of a tree the beetles will fly right past your grape vines to eat. No idea what it is called tho.

Just need 1 maybe 2 to use to breed with another. If you happen to have one or know where I can find one either locally or internationally please Im me. Only other option I know of is Davis but that's another year to take delivery IF your cuttings don't show up molded!

I'm looking for preferably an overall well balanced white which has an emphasis on aroma and texture. That being said and preferences aside a red with the same qualities will work too. While I'd prefer everything else to be medium but high on aroma and texture. I will consider something high...