1. Home
  2. Winemaking Craft Forum
  3. Advise for Vineyard Establishment
  4. Page 3

Advise for Vineyard Establishment

Thanks again everyone,

Well the goal here is to get enough for a barrel of Regent and test out some of the other red grapes that grow here, possibly get a barrel of mixed "Pinot Type" I will be doing this basically full time while being a stay at home dad and I am going from an extremely high intesity high stress high commitment high op tempo proffession and studying and hard work are not an issue....my wife thinks there is no way I won't be bored out of my mind being a stay at home dad and will be contracting in indonesia within the year....I can't lose the bet!! I need something to keep me home!!!

if I am successful in this test vineyard I would plan to clear enough of my ten acres for a commercial planting.

Hollywood Hills recommended planting 200 vines of Regent to get a barrel and 300 to get a barrel of Pinot but from the vineyard planning lectures at WSU the "formulas" come out to less than half of that recommendation.... any thoughts? I would ask Hollywood Hill but I know he is busy as heck right now.

I think maybe space out my vines to 5x7? I wanted to close plant the Pinot types to reduce vigor but Maybe that was too close and I might reduce the number of vines to the minumum to accomplish my goals.

as for spraying the majority of the vines are going to Regent and according to local growers don't need to be sprayed, I will have less then 100 pinot but nevertheless I will space out vines to allow for the need to use a vehicle between rows.

Reply to
jay
Loading thread data ...

mow and weed eat.

Reply to
Paul E. Lehmann

That's because phylloxera didn't exist in Europe until it was inadvertently imported from North America in the mid-19th century. They can't "get away with it" now.

Here, educate yourself:

formatting link

Reply to
Doug Miller

On page 61 he states:

"An effect of mychorhizal fungus fungi that could bear on the control of phylloxera is the ability of the fungi to stimulate root development." .... "Since phylloxera harms the vines by killing or stunting roots they feed on, stimulating the vine to produce many new roots could help offset the harm of these sucking insects."

He discusses the use of compost to increase Mychorhizal Fungus but I have not found a reference to mulch or bark mulch to do this.

On page 231 he discusses winter protection in zones 4 or colder and mentions "laying them on the ground, whether to be covered with mulch or to be pinned down to allow snow to cover and insulate them."

In discussing phylloxera he states on page 128 that "this pest prefers heavy, clay soils. It is not a pest on sandy soils."

Reply to
Paul E. Lehmann

formatting link

Reply to
spud

DrinksForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.