Hello all...interested to hear if anyone in Negros has tried growing table grapes, positives or negatives. We ordered 15 rooted cardinal cuttings and another 5 black ribier cuttings. We have an area set up for these; going to get the bamboo support posts in the ground tomorrow. The rooted cuttings have been transferred to larger pots under shade cloth in our seed starting area thinking they need 2 weeks or so until transplanted into the ground. Been searching Mr. Google like crazy and have come to the plan that 1 part native clay soil to 1 part sand to 1 part vermicompost and 1 part rice hulls should be good for drainage and set the plants up going forward. Looking at a 2'X2'X2' area to dig out for the amended soil for each cutting's eventual transplant. The cuttings will be 10' apart as I've read is recommended. Also, a good slope in the land so getting oversaturated during rainy season shouldn't be an issue. Starting small to see how things go and definitely appreciate any advice/inputs. Thanks! Shawn
So industrious. Btw, I assume that in this climate a big risk would be fungal diseases for potatoes, tomatoes (the same family) and grapes.
Understood; going a bit heavy on tomatoes but really interested in figuring things out as we press forward. Grapes are going to be a 2+ year to see how it plays out. If things work then we will go heavy, if not we didn't spend much over 3K to start out. We started 60+ tobacco seeds today in trays; it is another thing I'm curious to try out. Neither of us are tobacco users, but the seeds are so small and need sunlight to germinate so a very interesting experiment. Some things we've done OK, some things we've struggled. I'll post updates here and there. Shawn
Your get up and go is refreshing and wanting to better yourself and your family gets me pumped everytime i read your posts asking for advice and opinions on how to go about things green, I too have been planting shyte for last how many years I dont know, buying this tree and that tree this plant and that, some plants i bought were just weeds and others never fruited as they were bogus sellers, but always willing to try something to get ahead, grapes is something that has bore fruit for me "excuse the pun", I have beautiful trelleses made from bamboo i grew and they are doing great i have everest grapes and other grape varietes from china i bring with me when i go home to philippines at every chinese holiday ( i always fly into manila on a late night flight hoping no customs to stop me with all my plants) so far so good 15 years now. i have blue java banana and red banana and cavendish banana, i have 3 types of durian, i have budda fingers citrus, red nangka and latexless nangka, thailand passion fruit. acerola cherry, 14 types of fig trees( i brought back from turkey) date trees from Iran snake skin fruit from Indonesia 5 types of orange and 3 types of lemon, pomelo, grapefruit, breadfruit and for summer we are going to india for 6 weeks so beside water from the Ganges and sand from the Taj Mahal i will pick up some fruit seeds or saplings or cuttings i can air layer..........i will try to plant anything that may grow in the philippines and from my experiences anything that needs a winter in its dormancy will not grow here (apples, pears, peaches) and dont believe any sellers who says such can grow, in the highlands of the philippines these plants may sprout in the cooler climates but will not fruit to any degree thats make them commercial......to finish I admire your vision and your get up and go.
