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    Newbie - looking to plant grape vines for making wine

    For your region , you will probably want to consider the French hybrids that ripen early. Geneva NY specializes in earlier ripening hybrid wine...
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 16, 2014 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Agria

    Agria is a beautiful vine, intense fall leaf color, intense pigment in the fruit as well, very dark and inky. The wine is rich and has some body....
    Post by: boizeau, Dec 15, 2013 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    100's of Muscadine Grape Vines - Now What?

    Some of the vines will be male, and some will have fruit of poor quality. You need to make a point of being there when they bloom, to determine...
    Post by: boizeau, Dec 15, 2013 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Washington: Western WA cutting trade

    I have an extensive collection of muscat and Fr. Hybrid vines I will prune starting in November. Am eager to contact other grape enthusiasts...
    Thread by: boizeau, Sep 25, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: Pacific Northwest Plant Swaps and Meetups
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    Transplanting grapevines and pollination between Concord and Mars grapevines

    Both are self fertile, but the cross pollination will still improve set, especially on the Seedless grape. If you had an older female type grape,...
    Post by: boizeau, Sep 25, 2013 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Vitis coignetiae Questions

    Re: Vitis coignetiae Breeding It is a shame that folks in the Puget Sound region have not worked with this unusual species for developing a...
    Post by: boizeau, Sep 25, 2013 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    100's of Muscadine Grape Vines - Now What?

    The best thing to do "I think" is to collect the fruit from the best vines and replant the seeds in a greenhouse. The ones with low quality fruit...
    Post by: boizeau, Sep 10, 2009 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Any Grenache or Cabernet Sauvignon sources for cuttings

    Yes: Grapes 'VitisVinifera', which the grapes you mentioned earlier are , are very suc. to phyloxerra. Sure you could root them, but they...
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Invasives: Invasive alien noxious

    Re: English Ivy English Ivy is a noxious and invasive vine. It climbs into large trees and promotes rot and disease. It also chokes out the...
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: Plants: Conservation
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    Any Grenache or Cabernet Sauvignon sources for cuttings

    Yes, they're all over the place in Southern Europe. You'd have to jump through a lot of hoops/regulations to send grape cuttings into any nation...
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Invasives: Invasive alien noxious

    In Washington State, the Knapweeds are a really invasive and ruinous type of pasture weed. The plant secretes a phytotoxin and slowly poisons all...
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: Plants: Conservation
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    Relocating to Alaska

    I lived in Fairbanks in 1973. A few things really grow well there, and she ought to contact the University of Alaska Fairbanks about the list....
    Post by: boizeau, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: HortForum
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    Grapevine Project

    If you only want it for shade, and live in a cooler region, I'd go with Vitis Coignetiae. The fruit is not that good, but it can grow an awsome...
    Post by: boizeau, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: Grapes and Grape Vines
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    Fig Tree questions

    Fig trees do need about a month of winter chill. If your January weather is really severe, put the tree out in February for a month. Ideal chill...
    Post by: boizeau, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees