maanantai 11. toukokuuta 2009

It has literally started

I planted my vines last week. May has been so warm and days has been full of light so I cuoldn´t stop my eagerness anymore. I hope that my choise wasn´t wrong but every farmer has to make decisions by reading the weather. If weather stays as good as it has been last month my wines will get excelent start. next two months are best growing season for vine because sun is up almoust 19 hours a day. (I´m not kidding). Vine is a light plant so it will be interesting to see how does it grow. The "wild vine" which is grown in Finland as a decoration plant can grow 5-6metres on summer time.

When I planted my vines I used some chicken and horse manure and some ash to fertilize. Actually ash it to get other fertilizers abrosbe to the ground. The ph was before manuring 6,8 which was very good for the grapes I chose.

You can see from the picture that some sprouts are already coming out of the Solaris vine. I´ll have spring time opening this week with some Est Est Est to celebrate the real beginning of my experiment.