It has been quite a while since I said anything. The weather has been very nice all spring/summer so far. During June and all of July so far it has been warm and sunny great weather for the grape vines and not to bad for us either ( I'm trying not to complain about how hot it is because winter is coming and I will be complaining about how cold it is.)
Lately it has been 25- 29 degrees Celsius which is about 78-85F It really isn't the heat of course it is the high humidity which often gets 50 -70% and sometimes higher.
Back to the vineyard,
The vines are in the their 2 year of growth and have just about reached the top wire standing about 6 feet tall. All the leaves are clean, free of disease(so far) and look great.
It took me 7 hours to remove all the clusters on the vines this spring which surprised me, I wasn't expecting so many clusters to form in the second year of growth. The reason for removing the clusters is to put as much growth into the root system as possible to make a strong and healthy root system that will support the plant for many years to come.
here's a pic of some of the vines
and another one
well, that's all for now, see you next time
Your vines are looking very good!! I remember helping to plant over a year ago and the vines were so small - perfect for planting, of course.
ReplyDeleteHow are you off for rainfall?
So far, we're okay, the vines at this point are not stressed, however, if this dry spell (2 weeks plus) continues for a month or more, I will have to give them a drink of water.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too concerned yet.