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[Updated on (i)3rd Oct 2012, (ii)15th Oct 2012 - read the red font text]

A happy Saturday for me.

First, the re-pruning I did on my IAC grapevine six days ago has started to show a promising potential. Secondly, Tiger Woods is back! Ops, no golf story, right? And last but not the least, Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-1 to qualify into the 5th round of the English FA Cup. Ops, I did it again..

Ok, Ok...here are the latest photos of the IAC after the re-pruning. Most of the buds are breaking while some have new shoots emerging..

bud break

New shoots
update 4Feb2012

Left cordon with new shoots emerging from the spurs
update on 4Feb2012

I will be more careful this time not to repeat the mistake I did in the last major pruning. The disaster will not happen again. And that is a promise while crossing my fingers hoping for the good result come May.


[Updated on 3rd Oct 2012 & 15th Oct 2012: 

I have to reveal the truth. The disaster happened again. At that time, I was still not aware of the existence of the mites. As far as I knew, mites caused itchy skin problem only in pets animals - poor me, I had zero knowledge that mites can actually do harm on plants. Being an inexperienced amatuer 'viticulturist', all I knew was fungus. It was only in March 2012 when I discovered by accident these little aliens roaming on the underside of a new leaf. Upon checking the whole vine, I found hundreds of them! They were every where - underside of leaves, canes and tips of new shoots.  When I googled on "mites and grapvines" topics, I got the shock learning about these little creatures and the damage they can cause on grapevines. Nothing is too late, though - life is a process of constant learning of new things through a long journey of relentless efforts in improving skills and knowledge.

Fortunately, I have managed to put this mites problem under control since - but not before experimenting a series of trial-and-errors using many products and methods. Mites are very stubborn. We can only control them but not to eradicate completely. They just keep on coming. If you have the same problem with your grapevines, remember this, spraying alone is not enough - pray harder.}

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