Have continued pruning. Am trying for woody shoots out of the initial two shoots. Like the picture below.
I have new found respect for the art of grape growing. And I’ve never even tried making wine!
One thing I should add here. I’ve read that if you are growing vines out in the field that you shouldn’t [...]
I’ve been a little remiss in writing but a couple of weeks ago I finally did my first pruning. I selected the strongest two shoots and pruned away the rest of all the growth. Wondering, what it would be like to prune 10 to 20 acres of vines instead of three. I took some photos, [...]
I haven’t posted for awhile because every post would’ve been, “well, today they still look like sticks.” Kinda boring really. However, now there has been some significant change and I’m pretty excited. Here are the photos.
Vine A.
Vine A is the slowest growing of the three. I was worried about it. And then [...]
Last September I decided that I was going to try and grow grape vines on my urban balcony in the Spring. So I did some Internet shopping and ordered three Chardonnay vines from Double A Vineyards in Fredonia, NY.
They were scheduled to ship on April 7, so a couple of weeks ago I began to [...]
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