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Show Millard County Progress Annual Farm Supplement, Friday, April 18, 1980 Page 6 explained that attention must be given to proper pruning, fertilizing, watering, harvesting, and to control of diseases, insects, and weeds. He said, Late Winter and early Spring is the time to prune your grapes. Try to prune them to leave a balanced number of buds on the plant. For most varieties, specifically the Concord variety, leave about 30 buds for the first pound of wood that you prune off and 10 additional buds for each additional pound of wood that you take off. So, if you have about four pounds of prunings taken off the grape plant, you would leave approximately 60 buds to grow your next years crop. Dont worry if the grape plants bleed a little from pruning in late Spring. Aim to get fertilizer on in Spring when rain will carry it into the soil. Otherwise, plan to sprinkle it in. Generally, nitrogen at a rate of 50-7pounds of actual nitrogen per acre is enough for your grapes. Usually the ammonium sulfate form is best for grapes. About every three years put on some phosphate. Having soils analyzed will help provide the guidance. Most Utah soils will not need potasium added, but high pH (alkaline) soils may need iron chelate added to make iron in the soil become available to the plants and to prevent them from turning yellow. Remember that grapes dont need as much water as most fruit crops. Avoid the tendency to overwater. Bloom time is critical to have sufficient moisture in the soil, but it is also a bad time to apply water directly on the plants as it causes a poor set of grapes. Run the water on the ground at 0 Dr. L. LaMar Anderson samples grapes at Utah State University Farmington Horticultural Farm. Scientists say grapes will grow in many parts of Utah. YOU CAN GROW GOOD GRAPES IN UTAH Plant scientists at Utah State University are encouraging people to grow grapes in Utah. They say that many parts of the state are suitable for growing some of the new varieties and hybrids for juice, jams, jellies, raisins, or fresh eating. For success, they stress the importance of proper care of the grapes. Mervin Weeks, with the USU Plant Science Department, that time. Cut back on water about the time of harvest to help the fruit ripen. Withhold water after harvest, let the leaves drop off, then give the grape plants a flood of water to let the cells fill up before winter sets in. To grow bigger grapes, you may want to apply gibberelic acid at bloom time or do a little girdling around the trunk. With some varieties these practices considerably enlarge the berry size. The best time to harvest each variety of grapes can be determined by taste or, more accurately, with a refractrometer to test the percent soluable solids. For making jams and jellies of Concords, percent (slightly immature) is best when the pectin content is highest. Close to 20 percent indicates the sugar content is up enough to have good 4 At taste. percent the will to shrivel, but start grapes will make a sweeter raisin and will make sweeter juice. To get a good harvest, you will need to control such pests as powdery mildew when the leaves are starting to form, grape leafhoppers just before the buds break out, berry moths where they are a problem, and weeds. Obtain spray bulletins for guidance. Weeks says hand weeding is generally the best and safest for control of weeds in grapes in a small home garden. Avoid the use of 2,4-to kill weeds on lawns and other places anywhere in the vicinity of grapes. They are extremely sensitive to this weed killer and can be severely damaged by it. Obtain specific information on grape varieties and practices 14-1- 5 23-2- suitable to your area from your county extension agent. A number of grape varieties may be seen at the Utah State University Farm north of Horticultural Lagoon on Highway 89. 4-- H SUMMER CAMP TO BE HELD IN JULY Camp this year will be July 17th and 18th. It will be an outstanding camp, as in the past, and will be at Maple Grove Campground near Scipio. will Registration and sign-i- n be early on the 17th with breakfast being served by the Council. There will be fun activities with families being encouraged to come in the evening for the program and sing around the campfire. The whole family is encouraged to plan to stay the night. Put the 17th and 18th of July on your calendar and come enjoy the outdoors with your family. 4-- 4-- In most years one five hogs in the raised in Iowa. tzznfiouiE of every xancL Gfizning SfizcLa Trees & Shrubs Fruit Ornamental Shade Peach Apple Pear $9.98 Evergreens Tams ig.h,c.,i$1.98 Cactus 4 in. pot $2.98 Geraniums Full Bloom 4 in. pot 98 C Flowers of all kinds Seeds BulkorPkg. 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