Learn the secret of how to grow grapes?

By: Harry Rouster

When it comes to growing grapes there are different varieties of grapes available. What grapes you use will depend on what you want to achieve. There are a lot of different reasons why people decide to grow grapes, some of these are:

- they want to make their own wine and growing grapes will help them do this
- want to use grapes to turn a profit
- there are even those that want to break into the sultana market with seedless grapes
- just for fun

Making great tasting wine is the eventual goal of this article and so we will be focusing on how to grow grapes for wine. What sort of wine do yu prefer? White or red? This will be your first choice, red grapes for red wine or green grapes for white wine, the decision is yours. Depending on where you are located will also have an effect on which variety of grape you select.

We will not go into to much detail here as we are more discussing how to grow grapes rather then how to choose grapes but the two varieties available for wine are the European grape or the hybrid grape.

Now lets get into how to grow your grape vines:

Firstly you need to make sure that you have a good growing site, this includes access to full sunlight and nutrient-poor soil. Now you may be asking why nutrient-poor soil? The quick answer is that it will stress out the vine and make it produce small grapes which is what you want when making wine.

Your grape vines will need to have room to grow properly, you will need to make sure that you spread them out - a space of about 8 feet should be more then enough for this. It is also a good idea to have a trellis for your grape vines as this will help out with getting your grapes to grow straight and evenly.

If you are on a hill, this is a good thing as it will help the grape vines have a good way to drain off the extra water, good drainage is very important. When growing grapes they do not need a lot of water, in the dry season maybe once a week. Once the grapes change color you can stop watering until all the leaves fall off, as it will be getting close to winter you will need to water them again before the ground freezes.

A good way to stop your grapes been eaten by birds and other pests is to put a netting over them. There are different types of netting available, we recommend double netting them.

Pruning is one of the most important parts of growing grapes. They will need to be pruned every year and if not done correctly can cause your grapes to grow and ripen unevenly. Pruning is an art form, however with practice and training it can be done properly for a good grape result.

The last thing to look at is the sugar and ph levels, this will have a huge effect on the taste of your wine. This is also why every wine is different.

Now get out there and start your own grape vineyard.

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Harry Rouster is a wine lover and has enjoyed making wine on a recreational level with friends and family. You can find out more about www.grapevine-wine.com

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