[NAFEX] Grapes for No. IL
Tom Olenio
tolenio at sentex.net
Tue Jan 27 12:49:52 EST 2004
Hi Doreen,
I have lost my Vanessa due to low winter temps. Dies off to
the ground. Being from Massachusetts, I can say our winters
here are the same as yours.
Dou you want to invest 4 years in a vine, to have an oddly
cold winter kill it off?
Later,
Tom
Doreen Howard wrote:
> Lon and I have been discussing what seedless grapes I
> should plant in my new paradise 75 miles west of Chicago
> near the Wisconsin border. He tells me that some of my
> choices may have disease problems here. But......don't
> take this personally Lon...he grows his grapes in a
> different climate than I do. So, Zone 5a and 4b Midwest
> grape growers, I need your opinions. How will the
> following seedless grapes do
> here: InterlakenVanessaGlenoraMars My area hits -20F one
> out of five winters, and annual rainfall is about 30
> inches. Late summers are typically hot and very dry. I'm
> an organic gardener and have beautiful loam soil. I'll be
> planting the grapes facing south on a slope. Air movement
> is brisk.Doreen Howard
>
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 5b
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