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RE: Continuing with the Grapevine
Looks lovely, Mike. Can you usually "bank on" any bunch that appears, or does "stuff happen" that can ruin the grapes before you pick them. You mentioned fungus, but are there other things that can intervene as well?
Also, how long does it take a newly-discovered bunch to mature?
TIA....
Fungus is the main thing. The same fungus that impacts grass also hits the grapes. If you're thinking about planting some vines the key is air flow, they need to be out in the open and mine are not. If the summer is dry and hot I get grapes, if not they get fungus infected and I get nothing.
If I get any, it will be late July or early August. Of course, I have to share with the local raccoons also. I can always tell when the grapes are ripe by looking for the grape remnants on the deck.
OH, geesh...that's discouraging. Hmmm...could you put some kind of motion-sensitive alarm thingy on the deck?
The fungus is still the main problem. I mentioned I needed a dry hot summer, we're starting our second day of rain here in Indy and it looks like we have a third in store for tomorrow with more later this week. Not looking like a dry summer.
Borrow a kerosene space heater and warm everything up out there for on that day between the rains, and after?...lol....