Re: Blooming at the right time.
While nowhere near as drastic a climate change as the west coast, if a bunch blooms in my yard past say mid October, it wont ripen till late spring/early summer.And the fruit quality is less than optimum. I usually have at least one pup per mat, about four mo. from fruiting, and they will fruit year round in this climate. If one of the bunches isn't too good, there's another one about four mo. away that will be better(that is when Joe Reals expertise in wine making would come in handy).There is virtually no threat of frost, so other than slow growth when it cools down, they still continue to grow. The multiple pup idea sounds like the way to go, in a more temperate climate.
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