Grapes Grapes Grapes

The only surviving Mature grapes is flowering

Upon arriving late late October I was surprised to see this (Flower Clusters)

We covered the grapes with mosquito net screen to prevent the beirds from eating the flowers and the emerging clusters

And lo and behold , all the leaf infestation stops , after covering them with screen the grapes became healthy , with no leaf damages up to this period everything is working fine.

The grapes flowers turned into Clusters

By December 25 , this is how big they are and how healthy the vines are

We are expecting to have our first Grapes Harvest this February , I hope they are sweet. It took us six months of frantic study and experimentation before we have our first grapes clusters (a record breaker). I was informed by Gapuz Grapes Farms the nearest was 8 Months. So I guess we did good. Although I have almost 90 % mortality the remaining 4 Grapes are doing great.

So what was the cause of all the problem with the leaves and the vines ? , BUGS. They suck the sap of the vines , preventing the nutrition to go to the leaves. So in the morning the leaves looks like acid had pass through them. There was no fungal infestation but plain BUGS and mosquitos , they are so plenty in the evening that no pestiside can solve the p[roblem, The mosquito net prevented them from attacking the plants. So now we have healthy looking vines.