22 signed up so far. 24 days to go. It's that time again! Some of you already know how this works. Others havent quite got the hang of it yet. We had some...
looks like Landot Noir might be a good red for a frost pocket. does anyone have experience with this variety? what diseases does it get? does it require...
Landot noir is a vigorous, healthy grape in the KC area. Growth habits and health strongly resemble its Villard Blanc parent. It ripens here c. 10-14 days...
Doesn't like wet feet tho. Less so than about any other variety I have seen. Needs well drained sight with a little bit of slope. Will geneerally get all the...
"10-14 days after Concord. The folks in MN like it. A lot." Thanks George, did you mean 'before' Concord? Everything I have read seems to indicate that...
Vignoles is exactly what you are looking for, except it is not a very heavy bearing variety. Keith SRV ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
It's two weeks or so after Leon Millot, and the Concord I knew (and here's where I'm probably wrong, since my n is so small) started just when Millot finished...
Hi Tomorow a French movie will be in our cinemas: MONDOVINO Selected for the last Cannes Festival, it is some interwiew of winemakers, vintners and other wine ...
As of today, still no killing frost - at least 2 weeks overdue. It is strange to see leaves on my vines but none on the trees. Anyone else noticing strange...
Dan, Here in Spokane, 100 miles south of the US - Canadian boarder, we have seen several hard frosts. The leaves are just about all off the grape vines....
Southwest, Texas and we had snow flurries this week. Never seen it this cold so early. I cut the lawn on Saturday & picked tomatoes Sunday. Norton vines...
... I'm really glad to see this statement! I had read somewhere at sometime that the volume of hydroflorocarbons that comes out of a large volcano eruption...
... Absolutely, Clyde! Never been in a place so goofy before, weatherwise. We've got a sunny morning, first time in two weeks. Coolest Summer in my 33 yrs...
... It wasn't in our *house* : we had a swamp cooler. Who could afford a/c in those days? :) g PS. Actually, July in Sac'to sometimes can see 50% humidity,...
Deep subject! depends upon which model you subscribe to. generally "global warming" does not mean an increase in temperature, but an increase in energy in the...
Just had a hard frost here in Woodinville, WA... 28F degrees this morning... Looked like it snowed a little bit the frost is so heavy... Steve ... From: Dan...
Ron, your definition has no meaning to me since I don't know what you mean by "oscillations." Further, I don't recall ever seeing this word used in any of the...
Folks, I've heard lots of grower's books recommended, but I'd like to take another sample: I've got a very intelligent, very experienced gardner, buddy who's...
FWIW, Jeff Cox wrote Vines to Wines. Also, Roger Swain wrote the forward, but didn't have anything to do with the rest of The Grape Grower. -Lon Rombough ...
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Human activity has no affect on weather or climate beyond any local (micro) sort of affects. A single volcano has more effect on the environment than any human...
We've had frost but not really bad ones. Most of the leaves are off my vines. Anamosa, IA ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/VAOolB/TM ... ...
I've had the same observation with no killing frost, strange after having such a cool wet summer. Keith SRV Central Ohio ... __________________________________...
Here is a sobering read: http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html Although I noticed they have softened the 'Impacts' section since the...
ever hear of the Southern Occilation Index (SOI)? Weather patterns normally occilate between a few warmer than normal years in a row and a few colder than...
The whole phenomenon is called El Nino-Southern Oscillation system, because it is a circuit that couples two subsystems--the El Nino system in the southern...
