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Vineyard Education
Crash Course - Wine Grape Rootstocks
Here we're breaking down the basics about wine grape rootstocks. Find out why grapevines are (almost) all grafted on to rootstock of a whole other species!
Factors you can at least partly control with rootstock selection:
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Vigor (is your vine "just gonna send it", or take it nice and easy?)
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Disease Resistance
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Pest resistance
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Nutrient Uptake
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Water Usage
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Salt/Potassium/Boron Uptake
Some common grape species (and hybrids between these species) used as rootstock for wine grapes (Vitis vinifera):
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Central TX grape (Vitis berlandieri)
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Sand grape (Vitis rupestris)
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Riverbank grape (Vitis riparia)
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Champin's grape (Vitis champinii)
Fun fact, all of these can be found wild in different parts of Texas!
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