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daveandtara · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: grapevines

think we may have murdered ours Confused

it had to be quite brutally pruned to fit in the car when we moved Rolling Eyes

so, could some of you let me know when your first leaves start showing cos then if ours don't, we'll know the worst Crying or Very sad

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reedos · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

You can be quite brutal Tara so it may well be OK - but they do bleed quite badly Confused

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redimp · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject:

Mine look well and truly dead but I ain't worried Cool

Still haven't worked out how to prune or train them Rolling Eyes

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daveandtara · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject:

ours didn't bleed because we pruned in December/January so we thought we'd get away with it.
it's just that there are no signs of life yet, I wondered if leaves should be showing by now but if everyone elses is still dormant i guess I'm just being impatient Embarassed

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reedos · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

You Tara - never Shocked

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daveandtara · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

you sarky devil Shocked

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loobytoo · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

Ours is doing nothing at the moment Tara (it's an outdoors one). They're meant to be pruned in December anyway, so yours'll probably be fine. Will keep an eye on mine and let you know when it wakes up.

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reedos · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

daveandtara wrote:

you sarky devil Shocked

Me Tara - never Laughing

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loobytoo · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

Hey D&T - our grapevine has woken up - has big fat buds and the top two are just starting to unfurl.

How's yours doing? Shocked

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redimp · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

Mine have just gone past bud burst - technical term that Very Happy

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loobytoo · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject:

that'll be it then Laughing

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daveandtara · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:22 am Post subject:

yup!

we have leaves Laughing

we also have scale insect but I think I've found a cure for that... Confused

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wardy · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:35 am Post subject:

scale can be devastating Tara so you'll have to have eyes like a hawk Shocked

They spread to other shrubs like wildfire Shocked

You need to treat every tiny bit of the plant which can be nightmarish - even to the extent of painting the stuff on as well as spraying. Adding a bit of Fairy helps it stick better. You have to keep re-treating too cos they keep having more and more babies which get under the outer bark of the plant stems. I used some right strong stuff last year (which the guys on our plot use on food crops Shocked

) I wouldn't though Very Happy

Dursban it's called. Malathion used to be used but don't know if that's still available Confused

Good luck

reedos · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:47 am Post subject:

Ady - how did the ones I gave you go ?

Are they any good ?

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redimp · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:39 am Post subject:

Bit rampant this year as I didn't know how to prune them last. Hoping that cos I have more options this year it will be easier. I will also set up their support this autmn. No fruit though.

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reedos · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:36 am Post subject:

At least you've not killed them Wink

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