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Hi, extremely new to all of this. Anyway, this could be a long post so stop reading now if long posts bother you.
Anyway, my girlfriend, now wife and I met about three years ago. I so happened that she is from Rochester, NY. However, I am from the Plattsburgh, NY area which is where we now happily reside as newly weds. So, my Wife, myself, and some inlaws had the recent opportunity to visit some wineries for some great tasting in the fingerlakes region. It was great!
To the point: I have stronger and stronger intrests in putting in some of my own vines and enduring the whole process from vine to wine. We are huuuge red wine lovers and with my strong agricultural intrests, I am trying to explore a bit and to see where this will take me.
I have about 380 acres with about 75 tillable. I understand that vines are much like any other plant in such that they are susceptable to disease, mold, pests etc... In my past and very little research I have done, I have found that the cold-hardy grape is what will withstand the northern climate with January and February temps dropping to 15-20 degrees below zero. Could anyone elaborate on other types of grapes that may be of my interests and compatable with the northern NY climate?
The PH on most of my tillable acreage ranges from 6.0-6.8. Some of the soil is well drained with good slope, and some isn't. Understanding of course that some vines will develop a deep root system and cannot be over watered. My soil is a dark clayish mix with some stones, mostly larger. Not gravel type soil. (Not sure of all soil terminology as you can see) The soil grows beautiful Sweet corn, clover, alfalfa, oats, etc..
Can anyone who is involved in growing grapes in NORTHERN NY briefly shed some light on some of the above and what I should purchase for vines?
Sorry for the long post, just new at this but exploding with interest.
Thanks,
Jon in NY
Anyway, my girlfriend, now wife and I met about three years ago. I so happened that she is from Rochester, NY. However, I am from the Plattsburgh, NY area which is where we now happily reside as newly weds. So, my Wife, myself, and some inlaws had the recent opportunity to visit some wineries for some great tasting in the fingerlakes region. It was great!
To the point: I have stronger and stronger intrests in putting in some of my own vines and enduring the whole process from vine to wine. We are huuuge red wine lovers and with my strong agricultural intrests, I am trying to explore a bit and to see where this will take me.
I have about 380 acres with about 75 tillable. I understand that vines are much like any other plant in such that they are susceptable to disease, mold, pests etc... In my past and very little research I have done, I have found that the cold-hardy grape is what will withstand the northern climate with January and February temps dropping to 15-20 degrees below zero. Could anyone elaborate on other types of grapes that may be of my interests and compatable with the northern NY climate?
The PH on most of my tillable acreage ranges from 6.0-6.8. Some of the soil is well drained with good slope, and some isn't. Understanding of course that some vines will develop a deep root system and cannot be over watered. My soil is a dark clayish mix with some stones, mostly larger. Not gravel type soil. (Not sure of all soil terminology as you can see) The soil grows beautiful Sweet corn, clover, alfalfa, oats, etc..
Can anyone who is involved in growing grapes in NORTHERN NY briefly shed some light on some of the above and what I should purchase for vines?
Sorry for the long post, just new at this but exploding with interest.
Thanks,
Jon in NY