Growing grapes in Austin.
Hi,
I got hold of some small grape plants of the Fire, Ruby and Thompson varieties. I have planted them along the arbor/fence around our pool, so they will have good support and a lot to climb on. I have never done grapes before though, so what will it take to succeed with them here in Austin? -- //ceed Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
Growing grapes in Austin.
ceed wrote:
Hi, I got hold of some small grape plants of the Fire, Ruby and Thompson varieties. I have planted them along the arbor/fence around our pool, so they will have good support and a lot to climb on. I have never done grapes before though, so what will it take to succeed with them here in Austin? I'd recommend drip irrigation for starters. And, hopefully you have decent soil depth at the location where you planted these grapes. Grapes develop deep roots and don't like rock layers or hardpans. -- Gary Brady Austin, TX |
Growing grapes in Austin.
Be SURE to have the correct PH.
We have never done well with grapes, even though the native ones do great near the creeks. Figs do well though. Wish I had a source for good , cheap fig plants. I'm too lazy to go dig the fig roots up - I need them started in a bucket:-) Gene "Gary Brady" wrote in message ink.net... ceed wrote: Hi, I got hold of some small grape plants of the Fire, Ruby and Thompson varieties. I have planted them along the arbor/fence around our pool, so they will have good support and a lot to climb on. I have never done grapes before though, so what will it take to succeed with them here in Austin? I'd recommend drip irrigation for starters. And, hopefully you have decent soil depth at the location where you planted these grapes. Grapes develop deep roots and don't like rock layers or hardpans. -- Gary Brady Austin, TX |
Growing grapes in Austin.
On Mon, 01 May 2006 10:04:11 -0500, Gene wrote:
Be SURE to have the correct PH. We have never done well with grapes, even though the native ones do great near the creeks. Figs do well though. Wish I had a source for good , cheap fig plants. I'm too lazy to go dig the fig roots up - I need them started in a bucket:-) I have about two feet of garden soil on top of caliche. This soil has been good for tomatoes, melons and peppers in the past, but now I have put the grapes there. I do not know about the PH. What is correct in this context? On the figs: I recently purchased a few 1 gallon Celeste fig plants relatively cheap ($4-5) at Wal-Mart here in Round Rock. Seems like Wal-Mart has been getting a lot of these in lately. My mother-in-law says Celeste is the kind she “grew up with”, so I am hoping they will do well. Gene "Gary Brady" wrote in message ink.net... ceed wrote: Hi, I got hold of some small grape plants of the Fire, Ruby and Thompson varieties. I have planted them along the arbor/fence around our pool, so they will have good support and a lot to climb on. I have never done grapes before though, so what will it take to succeed with them here in Austin? I'd recommend drip irrigation for starters. And, hopefully you have decent soil depth at the location where you planted these grapes. Grapes develop deep roots and don't like rock layers or hardpans. -- Gary Brady Austin, TX -- //ceed Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
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