1. What is Pierce’s disease, and how do I control it? Updated: January 05, 2012
2. Every year I lose a lot of my grape crop to black rot; how do I control it? Updated: January 05, 2012
3. If I have a rot-prone grape variety, are there any non-chemical practices I can use to reduce bunch rot? Updated: January 05, 2012
4. What kinds of canopy management practices should I consider using in my vineyard? Updated: January 05, 2012
5. How do I transplant grape vines? Updated: January 05, 2012
6. My grapevines leafed out normally; then, they began to turn black and die back, with a mossy-looking white fungus on the underside of the leaves. What could be the problem? Updated: January 05, 2012
7. Are grapevines male or female? Updated: November 25, 2011
8. What is a Refractometer? Updated: November 01, 2011
9. My Bath grape vines.are having the new growth ends cut off; what is doing this? I live in New England. Updated: October 31, 2011
10. How do I train my grapes? Updated: August 22, 2011
11. How do I choose an appropriate trellis system for my vineyard? Updated: August 22, 2011
12. I have grafted grapevines — Merlot on SO4 rootstock, Chardonnay on 5BB rootstock. Are the SO4 and 5BB good rootstocks for Texas (shallow soil with limestone underneath)? Do either of them have some candicans or Berlanderi in them? Will Pierce's disease kill them? What is the best pruning technique — spurs, long arm, short arm? Updated: April 21, 2011
13. The grape vines I planted last year are loaded with many bunches of grapes - should I leave all of these grapes on the plants? Updated: March 23, 2011
14. How can I keep the birds from pecking holes in my grapes as they ripen? Updated: March 22, 2011
15. Last year I chip-budded a table grape variety onto rooted rootstock and got a bad take because of the sap flow. How do I reduce the flow of sap? Updated: March 22, 2011
16. How many grapes can I produce per acre? How much yield can I expect when they are in full production? Updated: March 22, 2011
17. The grape clusters on the vines have spots on them. What caused it and what, if anything can be done about it? What causes the grapes on my vine to turn dark and shrivel up like raisins? Updated: March 22, 2011
18. What type of dormant spray is recommended for grapes? Updated: March 22, 2011
19. How do I relieve grapevines of blackleaf symptoms? Updated: March 22, 2011
20. Where can I find information about growing grape plants primarily for the edible grape leaves? Updated: March 22, 2011
21. What do I fertilize grapes with and when? Updated: March 22, 2011
22. We have four large grapevines in our garden & one has visible signs of grape phylloxera on the leaves. What should we do with the infected plants? Updated: March 22, 2011
23. How do I prepare my vineyard for the upcoming winter months? Updated: March 22, 2011
24. What is the correct grafting procedure for grapes? Updated: March 22, 2011
25. What are the advantages of using asexual propagation when trying to reproduce a grapevine ? Updated: March 18, 2011
26. When is the best time to take cuttings to propagate a grape vine, and what is the correct propagation procedure? Updated: March 18, 2011
27. What are spurs on grapevines? Updated: March 18, 2011
28. How do I know when to harvest grapes? Updated: March 18, 2011
29. Will closer grapevine spacing, like that found in Europe, give higher quality grapes? Updated: March 18, 2011
30. Is it necessary to thin the grape crop every year? Updated: March 18, 2011

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