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Siting a grape vine
I have been given a mature Riesling Sylvana grape vine which I intend to
plant somewhere in my garden. For the best results, would it do well planted against a trellis on my west facing fence, or even better trained up a pole in the open garden? Is it important to have a good flow of air around the grape bunches for ripening? I understand that it is a good cropper that has previously been grown in an unheated greenhouse. Any thoughts or cultural advice would be most welcome. Thank you, Rufus |
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Siting a grape vine
"Rufus" wrote in message ...
I have been given a mature Riesling Sylvana grape vine which I intend to plant somewhere in my garden. For the best results, would it do well planted against a trellis on my west facing fence, or even better trained up a pole in the open garden? Is it important to have a good flow of air around the grape bunches for ripening? I understand that it is a good cropper that has previously been grown in an unheated greenhouse. Any thoughts or cultural advice would be most welcome. Thank you, Rufus .......Rufus..Don't know about your variety of grape.But generally you will have no trouble growing the vine and even sizable fruit.The problem is ripening.You may need the heat off a wall or that provided in a cool greenhouse.For years I had good crops off a Black Hamburg in a G.H...luvly jubly....Ken |
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Siting a grape vine
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Rufus wrote:
I have been given a mature Riesling Sylvana grape vine which I intend to plant somewhere in my garden. For the best results, would it do well planted against a trellis on my west facing fence, or even better trained up a pole in the open garden? Is it important to have a good flow of air around the grape bunches for ripening? I understand that it is a good cropper that has previously been grown in an unheated greenhouse. Any thoughts or cultural advice would be most welcome. Generally speaking a vine needs as much warmth as it can get in order to ripen grapes satisfactorily. Thus it needs a southerly-facing aspect. Warmth from a wall will help, as will stones in the soil where it is planted. You don't need a good flow of air for ripening but you do need it to lessen mildew attacks. Also try to avoid positions where frost gathers. However the Riesling crosses are generally grown in northern latitudes (Alsace and the Rhine and Mosel valleys) so you should have good results in the UK. -- +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Internet: | writing from | | Fidonet: David Rance 2:252/110 | Caversham, | | BBS: telnet://mesnil.demon.co.uk | Reading, UK | +-------------------------------------------------------+ |
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