Friday, April 4, 2025

386 Grape Growing Basics (And More!)

Farmer Fred and Debbie Flower provide practical advice on cultivating table and wine grapes, focusing on the essentials  such as sunlight, well-drained soil and variety selection. Also: peach leaf curl controls, prematurely falling figs, no-till gardening benefits. Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) . Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004629) .    (https://bit.ly/4gWOeBQ) Now on YouTube (https://bit.ly/40mPeZ3) (audio)  Pictured: A cluster of grapes on the vine (Photo: UCANR) Links: “Beyond the Garden Basics” Newsletter (https://gardenbasics.substack.com/)   Dave Wilson Nursery (https://bit.ly/3H9V9Xe) https://www.davewilson.com/home-garden/ Fair Oaks Horticulture Center (https://bit.ly/3DdDAp0) “Growing Grapes for Beginners” (https://extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/gardening/gardening-101/growing-grapes-for-beginners) - West Virginia University Training and Pruning Grapes (https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/CULTURAL/grtrainprune.html) - UCANR No-Tiil Gardening (https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-sonoma-county/no-till-food-gardening) - Sonoma Co Master Gardeners Peach Leaf Curl Info (https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/peach-leaf-curl/pest-notes/#gsc.tab=0) - UCANR All About Farmer Fred:  GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) “Beyond the Garden Basics” Newsletter (https://gardenbasics.substack.com/) Farmer Fred website (https://bit.ly/3xLZ1KN) :  http://farmerfred.com The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog (https://bit.ly/3QoD10a) http://farmerfredrant.blogspot.com Facebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred"  (https://bit.ly/3Ov2B1N) Instagram: farmerfredhoffman (https://bit.ly/3QoDfEy) https://www.instagram.com/farmerfredhoffman/ Blue Sky: @farmerfred.bsky.social (https://bit.ly/3AIHU0W) Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube (https://gardenbasics.net/videos) As an Amazon Associate (https://amzn.to/36MhR9W) , I earn from qualifying purchases from possible links mentioned here. Got a garden question?  • Leave an audio question without making a phone call via Speakpipe (https://bit.ly/3HiE11E) , at https://www.speakpipe.com/gardenbasics • Call or text us the question: 916-292-8964.  • Fill out the contact box at GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) • E-mail: fred@farmerfred.com  Thank you for listening, subscribing and commenting on the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast (https://gardenbasics.net/) and the Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter (https://gardenbasics.substack.com) .