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Hi Grant, thanks again for your videos. I live in Houston and my vines lost all their leaves from the hurricane flooding in my backyard. I think they got root rot from so much rain. Do you think they may come back or fully lost from the root rot? Could you offer any suggestions on managing these plants in a very tropical and wet climate? Thank you

In my area we have a toxicity problem with Boron and Arsenic, that was shipped till a century ago by means of the river. I recognized the problem and toxicity tests were performed in my area. One and a half meter below ground they also found industrial waste. They used sandy soil from elsewhere to build the neighbourhood where I am living, but here and there we see patches of toxicity. Small residue deposits were placed here of industrial waste by means of small boats to create dikes besides the river. My garden is on one of those dikes. Every reading of toxicity is different. End result: Low fish count and early death in the rural community (use of Arsenic in gardenvegetables). My top half meter of soil is good. I only see a bit of toxicity of Boron in the grapevine Eddy's Blue Wonder. Riesling shows stunted growth. They are planted one next to the other.

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I will wait next detailed series for sure, but could you recall how quickly grape vines react to Mg or B deficiency treatment? I mean visible changes. p.s. Glad to hear, that 3y.o. plant can withstand the untie well, i'm very anxious about it all the time)

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Thank you for these. Thank you for sharing this information to the public. Appreciate you and the time you put into to making these.

Where did the name Zinfandel originate? Why not just call it Primitivo like in Italy or Crljenak Kastelanski or Pribidrag

Bravo, master instructor!

Congratulations Professor. For me is the best Mediterranean grape for climate change - I'm i little Winemaker and i think who I'll trying this in my farm in Tuscany, near Volterra

Thanks for your videos, I’m in Houston working on my backyard trellis, first year. I’m curious what the plan is for holding up your grapes once they start growing. Do you expect to have a wire system between posts? I guess I’m just using to seeing a trellis post-wire system. Thank you again for your videos and I’m subscribed!

great! Did you measure how much water is being used per hour? How's your timer set?

Hello Dr. Cramer. I love your videos and have been watching all of them, plant physiology and nutrition. Although I'm a physician, I love plants and gardening so I have been self educating myself at least 10 years specially in plant Nutrition. I noticed your vines had N deficiency in soil and petiol analysis and from your recent video they still seem to have general leaf chlorosis. Do you recommend using a chlorophyll meter or not? Thank you once again. Looking forward to watching your next videos ! Take care. God bless.

Did you have any issues this season already? Hope no, as vineyard looks amazing! Keep going. And thanks again for nice teaching!

Great teaching sir❤....love from India

Hi! Can you do a step by step of head training video or pictorially? Thanks!

Thanks Grant. I am really enjoying your videos.

thank you ! Your videos are one of the best videos I've seen about gardening and plant physiology. PERFECT !

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You may not have noticed or you might not mind but you left your full address in the video on your analysis report. In KZbin Studio I believe you can do minimal editing of an active video. One of the options is to add a blur over things in the video.

In the second year the shoots are not long enough to make a cordon. You always leave one spur (2 buds) on the best placed cane because the you have to take in account the sap flow.

Very interesting to hear about the deficiencies that you are facing. I am growing my vines in ground that was transported here. An analysis was done in the neighbourhood and we had excess of Boron, Arsenium and heavy metals. I stopped with fertilization last year as I got too much Nitrogen. It is stabilizing now. I had lots of aphids last year and much less this year. Also less inflorescences, but I rather have the present situation. Less aphids but also less fruits. Our winter and spring are extremely wet with record rainfall and I check regularly on signs of fungal decease and bugs. Birds are my greatest friends. Your videos are very informative and help me to make right decisions.

Perfect video. Thanks for your knowledge and expertise

I use Yara fertilizers in my vineyard, Typically yaras 15-15-15 about a cup per vine per year, along with up to a half cup if needed of potassium. My big issue is micronutrients I am so depleted tht I cant find a viable economical way to get them to my vines outside of spraying a bunch of frequent foliar sprays to keep them happy.

I have 2 pots of vines, i want to do the head training. They are still in the shade. My questions are about watering, how often do we water them? I’m using 5gallon fabric pots. And when should I put them out in the open? I’m in the tropics. And Also, do I need to bring them back in when raining?

hi. in east texas. planted camm noir april 30 as rootstock and as of may 8 most are about 40-42 inches (cordon at 36). should i continue to let them grow with no pruning? i am using blue-x tubes and stakes to the 36" line. i havent installed any catch or additional lines above yet as i cannot find good information of this hybrid growth pattern. tia

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Amazing job Grant! I discovered your channel yesterday and I could not stop watching. Congratulations on condensing so much information and articulating it so well. It is helping with my tempranillo vines! Cheers from the Ribera de Duero, Spain!

Thank you so much for your extremely concise and educational videos! I will definitely start using sulfur against powdery mildew!

hi is there gonna be any other lectures they are helping me a lot

Thank you so much you're a life saver

Sir vibe should be cut 2nodes same as 3rd year to4th n 5th continue

I have prepared a warm space for the different Pinot varietals that I ordered, to be planted close to two conference peartrees, to climb in, so that they will be elevated beyond the cold layers during late frost. As you adviced that Pinot Meunier is slightly frosthardier than the other Pinot varietals, I will plant it in the coldest spot of the Pinot patch. Last night, I saw a report on how pinot vineyards were damaged in Limburg, the South of the Netherlands. I had no frost damage on the 38 varietals that I already have growing in my front and backgarden. This week I will get an additional 12 varietals and next week another 29. Next week the late frost will be over. Lining my garden with shrubs and trees, keeps the warm air inside. and I could lower my home heating costs by 20%. By lining the garden with trees, shrubs. I reasoned that what works for my heating costs, also may work for my grapevines. I lost quite a few young grapevines to harsh frost and to late frost. I plant my grapevines now in slightly elevated beds, among fruiting shrubs and fruiting trees creating microclimates around the grapevines. Blocking cold air from entering your vineyard isn't so difficult. Trees, shrubs or earthen banks can block cold aircurrents from entering the vineyard. Allowing cold air to exit the vineyard unobstructed is the other way to avoid frost damage. I paved the area around the planted beds. No weeds will suck up rainwater and pests don't find refuge between the weeds. Frost and pest damage is thus minimized. Black birds and other birds deal with pests that remain. Seed and wheat eating birds migrate to the countryside when grapes ripen . Thanks for another great video!

Nice report. I'm tending to a small Pinot Noir vineyard that has been abandoned for a few years so I don't have any history of past powdery mildew infections. I did my first sulfur (3Tsp/GAL) spray last week and covered all the leaves, canes and trunk. I mixed in some seaweed extract which is supposed to help with adhesion and iron/zinc mix which is supposed to help with shatter. Have you heard of this? I'm going to spray on a 14 day schedule. Do you have any suggestions on when to reduce the sulfur amount per gallon? Also, how often should I be spraying the bark areas like the trunk? Thanks!

New to grape vines. Im trying to figure out best way to get mine established. In ground or in large pot. We may move. So..I have 2 vines that are 1 yr old...I figure I would keep them in pots, wondering about the pruning. If they are in pots for next two years or so...and we want to move them...how much of the cordons is safe to prune off in order to move the plants.

Thanks for your assessment about Rivaner. I ordered some 45 varietals to be planted in my front and back yard. I plan to plant Rivaner in a location of my garden where it will possibly survive the winterfrost, growing among my cherry and apple trees. Most of my German varietals are more resistant against frost and I put them in the garden that faces the river. I plant the 'weak varietals' together in my more protected backgarden, together with most older french winegrapes. The modern varietals mostly are selected on basis of hardiness and resisting mildew and fungus. I hope to create a small grape arboretum, so that it may teach Dutch winegrowers and winelovers about which choice to make. Dutch wineries are still expanding and they often go for famous names while modern varietals are more promising. Your videos help me not to make common mistakes in growing and making wine. Your scientific approach helps to get real facts. I discovered that allowing trees and high trellisses support the wines is benificial to both fruit trees and vines. I can harvest 30 kilo of fruits from a single varietal and have them higher up where wind will dry the leaves and fruits, preventing fungus and allow birds to eat the aphids and insects. Growing biological grapes requires more preparation, but gives more and better fruits and saves on chemicals. I haven't made wine yet.

Thanks so much I really needed this!!

Thank you so much! Greetings from METU, Türkiye.

So, I have some grapes (Victoria Red, Southern Sensation) in post purchased a few weeks ago. The Victoria Red are already about 6 ft tall and the Southern Sensation are about 3 ft high. Do I treat them as '1st year' plants and let them continue to grow, or start pruning and training?

Whoa, Grant, amazing job! I just discovered your channel yesterday and finished watching the Backyard Vineyard playlist today. I really appreciate the highly scientific approach and well-documented experiments. This is exactly what all paper books lack and is essential for those without prior outdoor experience. I've subscribed, so I hope you'll have the resources to continue this series. It's truly outstanding and an underrated format. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for sharing your expertise!

It's from Azores (Portugal)

Mine looks more like option 2.... Accidentally. 😂

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Hi Grant. I am working on a small vineyard in lawn. How do you keep the circle patch around base clear of grass?

Thank you professor for this jam-packed lecture

Do i cut back the dead damaged vines and train a new one up? 👍

I was taught how to make dolmathes (stuffed vine leaves) in Greece. But the leaves on my English grapes are too 'fingered' to do this. Climate, variety or nutrition please??

Thanks Grant. I continue to follow all of your videos.