Vine plants of genus *Vitus*, usually grown for grapes.
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Grapevine leaking water and white mucus
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While I was recently helping my mother prepare her garden for the spring, I discovered that the leak on her porch was not actually coming from the overhang above the door, but rather from a ...
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How would we make our vineyard more “green” (environmental)?
What is some ideas that we could practice to make our vineyard more environmentally friendly, and/or sustainable?
We are already a carboNZero certified organisation, but wondering what we can do to ...
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How to protect potted vineplants from cold temperatures?
I have two vineplants in 40-litre-pots on my rooftop garden. This will be their first winter outside and I want to protect them from freezing to death. I live in an area where there are a lot of ...
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How can I deal with the beetles eating my grapevine?
My mother is in a furor because the grapevine that she planted last spring and which flourished last year is now infested with little black bugs. From what I can tell, they seem to be flea beetles. ...
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Choosing and finding a good wine grape rootstock
I'm interested in planting about 5-10 vines of wine grapes from a mature (3-5 year old) rootstock.
Any suggestions on the particular varietal. I'm located in the Texas Hill Country near Austin. I'm ...
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Can I thin grapes/vines in July?
I have bought a garden in Austria (Central Europe) which has some grape vines (I don't know the exact kind). The previous owner told me they harvested 20 kilograms of grapes last summer. Currently ...
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Pruning a long-neglected grape vine
Our recently purchased home has a lot of old fruit and vegetable plantings that were mostly left alone for the past few years. Among these is a set of three grape vines on a group of metal trellises. ...
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Should I trim the shoots coming off the root of my grapevines?
I have a couple of grapevines that were planted 3 years ago.
The first year, they didn't do much.
The second year, there was lots of growth, but only a couple of grapes.
This year, I pruned it back ...
