Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement

Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by alangibson on Friday October 02, 2020 @03:11PM (#24666006)

This is fascinating. I think of grapes as needing tons of light. Can this really be profitable needing to provide Italian summer levels of light in your parents basement?

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by jmheflin on Friday October 02, 2020 @03:25PM (#24666159)

No, this is why I am growing my 3rd batch of plants in a greenhouse!

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by alangibson on Friday October 02, 2020 @03:28PM (#24666202)

Makes sense. Are you planning to grow over the winter and use light supplementation, or only in the summer?

Forgive my ignorance; I'm not even sure if you could wake up a grape vine over the winter or if they need to hibernate for a period of time.

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by jmheflin on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:04PM (#24666527)

Grapes actually don’t need a winter dormancy period. They grow at the equator without it. I will probably set up to grow year round in the greenhouse, with supplemental lighting during the winter. I would have to make sure winter growing is economically feasible first, with the higher electricity needs.

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