Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement

Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by jmheflin on Friday October 02, 2020 @05:59PM (#24667437)

Hello. Thanks for your feedback.

You are correct. Every greenhouse of course has risk associated with it. However, it is less than in the field if managed properly. In general, thrips are a minor problem on wine and raisin grapes in California. From what I have read they are more of an issue for table grapes. See ‘management’ section at this link. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/r302300911.html#:~:text=Grape%20thr....

Thanks for taking the time to reach out!

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by pvaldes on Friday October 02, 2020 @09:37PM (#24668771)

Avoid samples with signs of mosaic virus and beware if somebody in your family is allergic to wasps. You will attract pollinators so is unavoidable having some.

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by tipoftheiceberg on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:24PM (#24668057)

You’re welcome. Thrips is just an example I used because it tends to be the most common. I still think you should rephrase your statement because saying there are ‘No’ pressures is wishful thinking and unrealistic in any growing environment.

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by jmheflin on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:44PM (#24675223)

Yup, will revise. Thanks!

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