Rory, I have 100 tempranillo vines on 1103P that were planted this spring. It's too early to tell how they will do. I'm expecting good things from them...
Very interesting. I would be interested in hearing how each does. Thanks for letting me know, ... Rory, ... From: yella99gt To: texasgrapes@yahoogroups.com ...
Hello: i am in the San Antonio area and am trying to start a small vineyard. i am looking for some old munson varieties, namely the Elvican and the Valhala. i...
Dunno much about any place other than Grayson that might have Munson cuttings available, but both of these are available from the USDA repository at UC-Davis...
I am looking to add more vines ( 40 or so) to my small vinyard, I currently have 12 vines ( 2yr old )they haven't producted yet - concord, Flame, Niagara and...
i already wrote this but the email said to do it again..ahha i live jsut south of fort worth, have a large yard and black dirt will grapes grow for me? i...
i live in crowly just south of fort worth. what r the best grapes to grow for wine produciton. i have a 3/4 acre yard and black dirt. dont they like acid...
well, i don't have any experience with the classic texas black waxy clay soils you've got, but grapes can thrive in a variety of soils at a variety of pH's,...
This is interesting stuff. I had considered doing a little experimental vine or two in my backyard here in the same type of black clay soil. Wonder what...
Hi everyone, A lot of people have been emailing me this year about the pictures I used to have at grapepictures.com which is no longer mine. Finally I've put...
Yes, I got some Blanc Du Bois cuttings from Jim Grabowski, Grabowslki Vineyard And Nursery, Chandler, Texas 903-840-3363 Richard ... pd resistant. I'm pretty...
Been awhile since I posted however this got my attention - if you really have black clay for soil - don't bother trying to grow grapes. To verify your soil is...
Chuck > Been awhile since I posted however this got my attention - if you really have black clay for soil - don't bother trying to grow grapes. To verify your...
Hey Chuck and Jim, I don't normally butt in very much since I'm not in Texas but I do have a success story from the land of clay up in northern N.B., Canada. I...
Maybe on life support is a better description. I get maybe one message a year. It's such an interesting topic, I wished we had more posters. Jim Swayze ...
I'm here too, but I just sit back and watch mostly unless I can help out. Seems like you folks in Texas have been having some pretty bad storms. It stormed a...
Hi, everyone, I'm here, over in the Parker, Lucas area, just east of Plano. We've been blessed with rain, of late. Yesterday's tornado warning path was...
Interesting, it might be everyone migrated to the North Texas Wine Guild group for those of us in North Texas. And the Home-Wine-Maker Group has some traffic...
for the people that want info on pd resistant varieties go to the "munson maniacs" group they are a little more busy than this group but a lot more info. i'm...
Thanks David, I'll check them out too. This group sometimes provides help to growers, and although it is silent I have made some contacts and met great...
Jim, Have you or any one else had sucess with Sangiovese here in North/Central Texas? I like the idea of Sangiovese but have been afraid of PD, I have about 50...
Not sure., and of course PD is an issue will ask at the next meeting. My library experiment is telling me most grapes like my soil. I got cutting from NY,...