Your videos are great and it's been lovely to see your vineyard develop (and continue to) but it really does seem like a labour of love! Are you retired? I think small vineyard owners (I'm not one) must really appreciate their own wine!
I had the understanding that lime sulfur was only recommended for dormant sprays, I see that you modified the concentration, I hope your leaves stay green! The vines look really healthy congrats! keep us posted :)
Hi there. Yes, you are quite right, lime sulfur is predominantly used as preventative in the dormant season. I was trying to apply it later in the hope that it would kill off any mildew that had yet to develop. The concentration is absolutely fine (no problems with leaves). 40:1 approx with leaves and I think about 1:10 to 1:20 in dormant season. I'll let you know if any problems.......
Thank you so much for these videos! I’ve been binging the whole series the last few days. Amazing content! I’ve just acquired a small plot of land for a small scale vineyard and am hoping to plant the first vines next spring. Do you have any tips for books or websites you used to get started?
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Very excited for you and your vineyard in the spring. I do have a book on Amazon which you can find a link to in the description of the video and I would try to get as much info from other you tube videos too. Winegrowers.info is also a very good site for information too. Best of luck. A
You cut the vines which are just hanging in air, they have good airflow around them. They shouldnt be problem with mildew, since its a problem in low air circulation areas.
Hi there. You are absolutely right, although, I find in our damp temperate climate here in the UK, Mildew needs no excuse to start forming even if I have done everything else correct. I get paranoid if I see the slightly whiff of the powdery stuff.
Been following you since day 1. Great videos, very informational, always enjoy them. What are you doing with your grapes? Making wine? Selling to grapes to wineries?
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Hopefully making wine this year here as our yields are still a bit low for contract wineries. We can’t sell to wineries here which is a shame as most on the continent allow this but we should be able to get some bottles made later this year. Fingers crossed.
I find it wild that your fruit has just recently set. When do you expect veraison to start? Veraison started 3 weeks ago in my little vineyard in Ontario, Canada, with harvest expected to start during the 3rd week of September for early ripening varieties, and as late as the last week October for later varieties.
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Yes, it always seem late to me too. We have a harvest date of around 13th October give or take. The Rondo grapes are already starting to turn in colour and swewll nicely and I would think they are about a month ahead of our Bacchus grapes. Not sure if it makes a difference but we have an altitude of 500 feet where we are and maybe a bit cooler than you guys. Again we have had a cool summer than doesn't help. Hoping for some late summer heat and sunshine to really bring them on. Who on earth suggested farming in the UK hey?
Hi, thank you for a very informative UA-cam channel.🙂 Could I ask you for the name of your hedge trimmer because I can only find ones that weight about 3,5 kilo? I would also like to buy your book but unfortunately Amazon dosen’t ship it to Denmark. Is there any other place where I can buy it?
Hi there and welcome to Denmark. I got my hedge trimmer from Toolstation in the UK. They are a DIY outlet in the UK. The one I got was by a company called Hawksmoor - 18volt, 51cm finger bar. Battery life is pretty good. The product weight is stated as 2.6kg. I'm surprised at Amazon regarding the book as I understand that if an order is placed for a book, they print it and and ship it straight out. Do you have any colleagues or relatives in another country at all? Fingers crossed for you.
Sorry, also meant to ask - Is there really such a thing as 'Organic' wine, what with the need to add so much chemical input? Maybe it doesn't need to be done so much in hot climates?
Yeah, good question. Some chemicals are approved as being organic but it is darn difficult to produce organic wine here. If you can get grapes to harvest, you then have to try to produce the wine without using sulphites to kill off wine spoiling bacteria. That is hard work, I think.
Still following along from day 1. Great stuff. 👍
Hi there. Thank you so much. You must be a super fan😁😁. Have a super day. Ax
please keep posting - appreciate the effort to keep posting videos - great to follow your journey
Hi there. Thank you so much. It's comments like yours that keep me going!!
I appreciate being able to visit your vineyard by way of video, I've been keeping up with what you're doing.
Thank you so much. That's very nice of you. A
Your videos are great and it's been lovely to see your vineyard develop (and continue to) but it really does seem like a labour of love! Are you retired? I think small vineyard owners (I'm not one) must really appreciate their own wine!
Thank you. Very kind. No, not retired yet, but a little and often rules the day. Worth it in the end…. Hopefully 🤭
Very beautiful! Amazing inside look to your vineyard.
Thanks so much! 😊 I never know if it's interesting to other people. Thank you.
I had the understanding that lime sulfur was only recommended for dormant sprays, I see that you modified the concentration, I hope your leaves stay green! The vines look really healthy congrats! keep us posted :)
Hi there. Yes, you are quite right, lime sulfur is predominantly used as preventative in the dormant season. I was trying to apply it later in the hope that it would kill off any mildew that had yet to develop. The concentration is absolutely fine (no problems with leaves). 40:1 approx with leaves and I think about 1:10 to 1:20 in dormant season. I'll let you know if any problems.......
Thank you so much for these videos! I’ve been binging the whole series the last few days. Amazing content! I’ve just acquired a small plot of land for a small scale vineyard and am hoping to plant the first vines next spring.
Do you have any tips for books or websites you used to get started?
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Very excited for you and your vineyard in the spring.
I do have a book on Amazon which you can find a link to in the description of the video and I would try to get as much info from other you tube videos too. Winegrowers.info is also a very good site for information too. Best of luck. A
@@mycountrylife810 thanks for the tips! I’ll be sure to snag a copy of your book 😉
You cut the vines which are just hanging in air, they have good airflow around them. They shouldnt be problem with mildew, since its a problem in low air circulation areas.
Hi there. You are absolutely right, although, I find in our damp temperate climate here in the UK, Mildew needs no excuse to start forming even if I have done everything else correct. I get paranoid if I see the slightly whiff of the powdery stuff.
Been following you since day 1. Great videos, very informational, always enjoy them. What are you doing with your grapes? Making wine? Selling to grapes to wineries?
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Hopefully making wine this year here as our yields are still a bit low for contract wineries. We can’t sell to wineries here which is a shame as most on the continent allow this but we should be able to get some bottles made later this year. Fingers crossed.
I find it wild that your fruit has just recently set. When do you expect veraison to start?
Veraison started 3 weeks ago in my little vineyard in Ontario, Canada, with harvest expected to start during the 3rd week of September for early ripening varieties, and as late as the last week October for later varieties.
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Yes, it always seem late to me too. We have a harvest date of around 13th October give or take. The Rondo grapes are already starting to turn in colour and swewll nicely and I would think they are about a month ahead of our Bacchus grapes.
Not sure if it makes a difference but we have an altitude of 500 feet where we are and maybe a bit cooler than you guys. Again we have had a cool summer than doesn't help. Hoping for some late summer heat and sunshine to really bring them on. Who on earth suggested farming in the UK hey?
Hi, thank you for a very informative UA-cam channel.🙂
Could I ask you for the name of your hedge trimmer because I can only find ones that weight about 3,5 kilo?
I would also like to buy your book but unfortunately Amazon dosen’t ship it to Denmark. Is there any other place where I can buy it?
Hi there and welcome to Denmark. I got my hedge trimmer from Toolstation in the UK. They are a DIY outlet in the UK. The one I got was by a company called Hawksmoor - 18volt, 51cm finger bar. Battery life is pretty good. The product weight is stated as 2.6kg. I'm surprised at Amazon regarding the book as I understand that if an order is placed for a book, they print it and and ship it straight out. Do you have any colleagues or relatives in another country at all? Fingers crossed for you.
Sorry, also meant to ask - Is there really such a thing as 'Organic' wine, what with the need to add so much chemical input? Maybe it doesn't need to be done so much in hot climates?
Yeah, good question. Some chemicals are approved as being organic but it is darn difficult to produce organic wine here. If you can get grapes to harvest, you then have to try to produce the wine without using sulphites to kill off wine spoiling bacteria. That is hard work, I think.