WineYooper
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Just put my first Marquette in the ground. I picked up a potted vine from Fleet Farm and planted up north as a trial to see how it does over the winter before I go into this full fledged. The vine has two stems going due to trimmings before I got it. I don't know the age but think it may be the second year now just from the the way it has been formed. The vine is about 24" tall and has 5-6 grape clusters on it and from my readings it looks like I should clip these off to focus the plant on root production over fruit production but if I want to I could let one or two bunches go to see what they may be like in the future. Should I trim these off? What has worked for others? I have had this for about two weeks and it has grown about 4" already just sitting in the pot on my deck. This new venture is exciting and I definitely will be doing more research. My next concern will be diseases and how to prevent them so I will be looking at chemical treatments. I feel like I did when I made my first batch
of wine at this point. Any help will be appreciated.
of wine at this point. Any help will be appreciated.