Marek, a couple suggestions to several of your questions. Looks like you might have the sun needed for ideal growing conditions. Which 2 or 3 varietals do you like best–plant those plus about a dozen others complementing those for wine blending purposes. Make certain you have a steady watering system as each plant could need about 5 gallons per week depending on your soil/drainage during our current drought. When you plant new plants, put a nice size stone on the base of each plant. The sun heats them during the day, and the stones will provide heat in early evening to enhance the plants’ growth.
Marek, you might try sourcing your plants at duartenursery.com as they guarantee all plants for one year. Last I heard they sell 3 million grapevines per year and all are guaranteed to grow at least one year. They also sell the UberVine, the 3 foot tall vine that reduces your field maintenance costs because it produces good grape clumps for harvest sooner. Cheers, Bob Eddy
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