Growing Grapes in certain Directions?!
Growing Grapes in certain Directions?
Can anyone tell me what is the significance of growing grapes facing different directions. I read stuff about growing grapes facing north or south and I don't know if that affects the grapes concerning how much sunlight they recieve.
What about planting the vine along the East-West and North-South?
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Things like temperature of the soil acidic content of the soil, time of year grown, are all a part of nurtering the seedlings, every bit of nurtering customizes the outcome. If you have the ability to taste the diferences in things drastically it may be worth it to sample highly monitored and customized growth vs. just thrown on the ground.
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Environmental science vinyard field trip, and gardening enthusiast.
For me, in my garden, I just throw the seeds down anyway I want and so far all is growing good.
Grapevines planted with a southern exposure will normally get more sunlight, Ie. ripen better, because the Earth tilts to the north slightly. North-facing hillsides find themselves in the shade earlier every day, hence less sun exposure.
Vines planted with the rows travelling in any certain direction are done so to take advantage of air circulation in any given micro-climate. The idea is to keep mildew and rot to a minimum during the warm, damp times of the season.
Some winegrowers have been known to pull out entire vineyards to change an aspect slightly for long-term improvements.
The amount of sun a vineyard receives is critical to the ripeness of grapes at harvest. This is extremely important to the cooler wine regions such as Germany, France, Canada etc where marginal climates do not always provide ideal conditions throughout the growing season. Sunlight, or favourable exposure to it, is one reason why so many of the best vineyard sites are located on hillsides - a few degrees of aspect (slope) facing the sun as it travels across the sky can make the difference between the grapes attaining full ripeness or producing less than optimimal fruit. Check out the vineyards of the Rhine - they rise steeply up the hillsides from the river in an effort to capture as much sunlight for as long as possible. Grapes grown higher up the slope generally achieve greater levels of ripeness than the same vines closer to the bottom of the vineyard. Sunshine also helps to warm the soil which has the benefit of keeping the vineyard warm during cooler evenings.
In general, the best vineyard sites are located facing a southerly direction and have a few degrees of slope to maximise exposure to sunlight.
give them a compass and let them decide which way they want to grow
mmmmmmmmmmmmm grapes. I like grapes