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My limited experience with ice wine is that it is disgusting and expensive. I enjoy pure grape juice. Concord is particularly good as are other dark grapes. Elderberry is also excellent. From where I sit wine is destruction of good grape juice, but to each his own. Typical preserving method...

Most seeds do not need light to germinate. This is applicable to about 99% of seeds. After germination the small plants need light preferably Sunlight. I consider all artificial light to be a total waste of effort and money. A scam if you like. I use a bit of a greenhouse with some heat...

If you be serious more information must be supplied. Some pictures of your planting and support set-up is necessary. Grapes take little care but do require maintenance to get good production. I also have one vine of Sovereign Coronation but it produced little in 2011. I had not grapes in 2012...

What or how or when do you prune?

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?WOBTJ 19 January 2013 Pruning Blackberry There are two thorn-less blackberry bushes, supported by three, (12 feet wide) reinforcing concrete mesh, eight feet tall. The name of the cultivar is unknown, but the fruit is excellent,amongst the best I have encountered...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XOYYZ 16 January 2013 Physalis peruviana Required are five or six plants. Germination is slow and erratic judging from past experience in my zone 5. These plants are slow growing and require a long season. They will be planted outdoors about the end of May. Of all the...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QKZUI Bedbugs found in downtown Vancouver courthouse Stay away form those lawyers who never change their suits. Common for most prosecutors.

A one pound difference from a number of plants is a typical variation. That is why I posted the pictures of a dig. The quantity varies around an average a pound one way of the other for undefined reasons. Never have I seen any evidence of roots along the stem. All I have ever seen is new tubers...

Our methods are identical in the final analysis. I simply use different material to achieve the same results. Vegetation around potatoes can lead to scabbing and in some cases disease. My material is simply soil. Compost and wood chips. I keep the hilling to a minimum or simply enough to keep...

A strong healthy potato plant will droop almost instantly when the moisture level drops below a certain point and they will not recover. The roots or tuber area averages about 22 C and changes little in most gardens. Stick a thermometer probe in the soil and monitor the temperature six inches...

When defining potato production I simply use the figure produced from one plant of one seed. Defining production using seed weight versus acre production is absolutely nonsensical, since a seed can be any size or weight. People have no idea regarding potato production. There is almost nothing...

A pound difference between potatoes grown in a row is not significient. I consider anything over four pounds per plant to be adequate. This depends a bit on the type. There are other considerations besides the total weight. Shape, smoothness, eye depth, texture, and size are also important. As...

Yes, I plant another row of lettuce later. I juice everything, since so little can be eaten fresh. Now I am using the juiced products now about a liter per day. http://durgan.org/2011/?p=2515 Real Food

My garden utilizes purchased seedlings, direct seed planting, and seedlings that are grown from seed indoors. To have large plants for outdoor planting, they are placed in an individual pot and grown for about ten days in the greenhouse or protected area. This insures very strong roots are...

How close produce is planted is subjective to a large degree. Space left between rows is what one feels comfortable with. It is necessary to pick the produce meaning there must be room to operate without too much stress. In a home garden with hand picking one can use very close plant spacing. A...

There has never been a meaningful photo series on the internet showing a potato growing like or similar to as tomato plant. Plenty of babble and finger drawings, but nothing else. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QHBIN 21 August 2009 How a Potato Plant Grows There is a great deal of information on...

My potatoes are planted in rows usually four rows each being 25 feet long. The rows are two feet centre to centre and each plant is one foot from centrer to centre. About one square foot of growing area per plant. Less than 100 seed potatoes. I expect about 3 to 6 pounds per plant. When at...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?RUDKB 15 September 2010 Chieftain Potatoes Harvested. A good crop year. Chieftain is the king of the six types that I grow. The largest tuber was two pounds, and it was not hollow in the center. The tubers are prolific and very large.

You are so right. The size of the operation dictates the handling that can be done. I have been chitting off and on for several years and am not fully convinced of the benefits, if any, of the process. Fortunately, with less than 100 plants experimentation is feasible. This year I will have...

I ordered the Alaska Sweetheart from Eagle Creek http://www.durgan.org/URL/?LAFLS last year and saved some of the 2012 crop for the 2013 season. I like the red tinge of the potato also the texture. They are usually not shipped early enough for chitting. I used egg cartons until this year and...