SLOweather
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I've been doing a lot of research, and realized that it's probably too late this season to order and plant any wine grapes.
In the past, we have grown Vitus Californica 'Roger's Red' native grapes for decoration. A couple of years ago, we got 10 lbs or so of grapes and made jelly with them.
I've been growing them from cuttings now for several years, and, just for fun and for something to watch, planted a few along the fence of our proposed vineyard. These are probably fall 2010 cuttings rooted and then potted out last year. They are not very big, maybe 6-10 inches tall.
I planted them about 5 or 6 weeks ago, and put 1' cut-down tree tubes over them to protect them and give a little greenhouse effect. Today, Markie (our Shih Tzu/Pom/Chihuahua) and I tromped over the hill to check them out. All of them have leaves and look very vigorous!
Woo hoo! The tromp also made me notice that the microclimate on the back hill is probably well-suited for a vineyard. It is more sheltered from the on-shore winds that the house and some of the rest of our property. I think I'll stick a new weather station in the middle of the vineyard area and compare it to the one at the house to see how the wind varies.
In the past, we have grown Vitus Californica 'Roger's Red' native grapes for decoration. A couple of years ago, we got 10 lbs or so of grapes and made jelly with them.
I've been growing them from cuttings now for several years, and, just for fun and for something to watch, planted a few along the fence of our proposed vineyard. These are probably fall 2010 cuttings rooted and then potted out last year. They are not very big, maybe 6-10 inches tall.
I planted them about 5 or 6 weeks ago, and put 1' cut-down tree tubes over them to protect them and give a little greenhouse effect. Today, Markie (our Shih Tzu/Pom/Chihuahua) and I tromped over the hill to check them out. All of them have leaves and look very vigorous!
Woo hoo! The tromp also made me notice that the microclimate on the back hill is probably well-suited for a vineyard. It is more sheltered from the on-shore winds that the house and some of the rest of our property. I think I'll stick a new weather station in the middle of the vineyard area and compare it to the one at the house to see how the wind varies.