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    Looking like I may get a reasonable crop this year......

    as long as the birds dont get them, but as they didn't get my redcurrants raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries (next doors 11 cats may be helping in this regard!) I just might have some grapes to harvest this year
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  • #2
    Originally posted by lockwood1956 View Post
    Looking like I may get a reasonable crop this year......

    as long as the birds dont get them, but as they didn't get my redcurrants raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries (next doors 11 cats may be helping in this regard!) I just might have some grapes to harvest this year
    Well Bob, it does seem like the "berry crops" are reasonable. As for the 11 furry neighbours ? yes, I suspect that might be the case, as long as you don't mind the occasional "cat diamond" that needs, erm, relocating....

    we only ever see the spudgy birds in the garden when we're out there and the 4 cats who live here are pushing zeds......

    Which also highlights the hazards.... we have to have netting over the rasps, 3kg of which are currently in the steam juicer (damn they smell good), but it also means that the birds can't get to the slugs/snails that also appreciate raspberry (not a big fan of chemicals, but will use them if need be).

    looking good either way Matey.....

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    • #3
      Do you net your vines, Bob? The birds around here (starlings, robins, crows) are thick as thieves. If I don't net them as soon as I see veraison, I might as well kiss them goodbye.
      Steve

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      • #4
        Looking good Bob - What varirty are they? and are these that you planted last year?

        Also been meaning to ask you for ages now, whats the name of the plam tree that you have growing in your garden Bob? its the type that mainly grows in English gardens and just wondered if you had the name as I like to impress when I go to the Garden Centre

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        • #5
          have grapes on 2 vines one regent one syeval will see what happens
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          • #6
            I have planted:

            Reichensteiner, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Pinot blanc, Solaris, Ortega, Triomphe, Chardonnay, Madeleine angevine, Regent, Catawba, Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muller Thurgau and Merlot


            Dont know what the name of the palm is Solly, sorry!
            N.G.W.B.J.
            Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
            Wine, mead and beer maker

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            • #7
              Originally posted by lockwood1956 View Post
              Looking like I may get a reasonable crop this year......

              as long as the birds dont get them, but as they didn't get my redcurrants raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries (next doors 11 cats may be helping in this regard!) I just might have some grapes to harvest this year
              Originally posted by lockwood1956 View Post
              I have planted:

              Reichensteiner, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Pinot blanc, Solaris, Ortega, Triomphe, Chardonnay, Madeleine angevine, Regent, Catawba, Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muller Thurgau and Merlot


              Dont know what the name of the palm is Solly, sorry!
              They're looking pretty darn good. We had very good blackcurrant and raspberry harvests this year, and our first year of a decent gooseberry showing.

              Do you think you have enough varieties of grapes?!?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by benarnold View Post

                Do you think you have enough varieties of grapes?!?

                cant help feeling I'm missing something.......
                N.G.W.B.J.
                Member of 5 Towns Wine and Beer Makers Society (Yorkshire's newest)
                Wine, mead and beer maker

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by fatbloke View Post

                  Which also highlights the hazards.... we have to have netting over the rasps, 3kg of which are currently in the steam juicer (damn they smell good), but it also means that the birds can't get to the slugs/snails that also appreciate raspberry (not a big fan of chemicals, but will use them if need be).


                  jtfb
                  I was looking for ways to acidify soil to help blueberries, used coffee grounds was one I found, the website I looked at said that used coffee grounds and orange peel can be a good deterrent to slugs and snails. I haven't tried it yet, I'll let you know though, my garden is overrun with the blighters

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                  • #10
                    for acidity - pine needles too if i remember right (from a keen gardener who is the daughter of a gardener to royalty).
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                    A fine wine is a fine wine, 1st time may be by accident, 2nd time is by design - that's why you keep notes.

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