Continuing my seasonal updates on the progress of my vineyard experiment with staple crops planted between rows of grapes in my regenerative vineyard. In this video I talk about the impact of heavy and consistent rains on the grapes, and on the intercropping I’ve done between the rows of grapes. Imagine growing not only grapes, but squash, melons, and staple crops like dry beans in one space. #vineyard #organicgrapes #selfsufficiency
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Grape cuttings are usually rooted using dormant cuttings taken in the fall or winter. These are great and can have a success rate of 70% or so in ideal conditions, but there’s another way to have 100% success and get rooted cuttings in just a month. And it’s easier than any other kind of grape propagation. In this video, I’ll show you the few easy steps to make layered grape cuttings.
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While in Florida this time I started some jackfruit from seed and planted a few trees before I left. In this video, I demonstrate the super simple process and reveal some tidbits about this delicious tropical fruit. In only 2-3 years you can have a jackfruit tree that produces fruit if conditions are right.
Last year I made a video about planting comfrey in my vineyard as a living mulch between the grape vines. Well, the plants have had some time to get established. So what were the results? Will it work to keep down grass and eliminate the need to scythe around the grape vines.
I’m posting this video a little ahead of the season but it will help you hit the ground running. In a time of pandemic, we need to do all we can to ensure our food security and get a bigger harvest, so it’s no time to neglect your fruit trees. If anything it’s a time to planting more of them in your yard. Every year I spend a little extra time doing a simple maintenance task for my fruit trees and it not only makes the fruit a lot bigger, it reduces insect pests and produces more perfect fruit. Some people scoff at thinning fruit trees because they think it’s too much work, but it can make a huge difference in the harvest and in controlling insect pests and disease.
