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Georgia Muscadine Production Guide

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Table of Contents:

    1. Introduction
    2. Costs and Returns from Muscadines
    3. Uses of Muscadines
    4. Areas of Adaptation
    5. Vineyard Location
    6. Cultivars
    7. Selection and Care of Transplants
    8. Vineyard Arrangement and Pollination
    9. Row Orientation and Length
    10. Soil Preparation
    11. Vineyard Planning for Post and Plant Spacing
    12. Selecting Posts
    13. Setting the Plants
    14. Trellises
    15. Training the Vines to the Trellis
    16. Multiple Trunk Training Method
    17. Single Trunk Training Method
    18. Dormant Pruning of Cordons the First Time (Initial Long Cane Pruning System)
    19. Pruning Young Bearing and Mature Vines
    20. Pruning Neglected Vines
    21. Fertilization
    22. Irrigation of Muscadines
    23. Soil and Leaf Analysis for Muscadines
    24. Recommendations for Organic Method Growers
    25. Possible Strategies for Overproducing Cultivars
    26. Cold Protection and Recovery Strategies
    27. Weed Control and Cover Crops
    28. Muscadine Grape Diseases
    29. Controlling Muscadine Grape Diseases
    30. Harvesting and Marketing
    31. Table 4 – Fresh Market Muscadine Cultivars
    32. Table 5 – Processing Muscadine Cultivars