vinividivici
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I'm starting this thread for the Northern growers interested in Frontenac grapes. I plan on ordering fifty vines and hope to get the usual expert advice I get on the Marquette thread.
My first question is the orientation of the rows. I'd like to site them about fifty feet from my Marquettes, but maybe in a different direction. The below picture shows the Marquette rows in an East to West direction, with the ground slope going from both South to North and West to East.
Should I plant the Frontenac in the same direction or on the South to North slope? That is the larger slope than the West to East. Yeah, the ground has a compound slope, ergo my questions on this.
Also, I assume there won't be any harmful cross-pollination between the Marquettes and Frontenacs? Large commercial vineyards have different varieties next to each other.
Thanks,
Bob
My first question is the orientation of the rows. I'd like to site them about fifty feet from my Marquettes, but maybe in a different direction. The below picture shows the Marquette rows in an East to West direction, with the ground slope going from both South to North and West to East.
Should I plant the Frontenac in the same direction or on the South to North slope? That is the larger slope than the West to East. Yeah, the ground has a compound slope, ergo my questions on this.
Also, I assume there won't be any harmful cross-pollination between the Marquettes and Frontenacs? Large commercial vineyards have different varieties next to each other.
Thanks,
Bob