Author name: Pete Lindgren

Pete Lindgren is a retired Wisconsin teacher who tends a Zone 4 home vineyard of cold-hardy grapes and compiles cold-climate viticulture research so new growers can skip the mistakes he made.

Hands planting a bare-root grapevine into freshly turned spring garden soil

Grape Planting

Grape Planting Tips: How to Plant Grape Vines the Right Way

Pete Lindgren / December 7, 2021

Practical grape planting tips for cold-climate backyard growers: when to plant bare-root vines in Zones 3–6, how deep to dig, graft union depth, first-year watering, mulching, and the mistakes that cost beginners their first vine. From a Zone 4 Wisconsin home vineyard.

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