hi phil,

I have not, and I do not expect to find green buds above straw mulch. 

Regent is not hardy in my cold eastern townships ( -29/30C is no freak event 
'round here), snow cover is so-so and thus, except for one winter, have 
always layed straw to protect it.    Also, wood maturity is late, so buds further 
on canes may not be fully hardy.

I only have 5 test vines (hesitation due to the late wood maturity) in Compton 
but am going to increase it. 

Martin

PS even in St-Paul d'Abbotsford, it is hilled with dirt.
PPS just looked up 2007-8 winter records: minus 30C once, but a few 
occurences of daily low in the minus 25-28 range.  gotta like the townships...


On 6 Apr 2008 at 8:55, Phil Ryan wrote:

> Hi Martin;
> I'm curious about the bud survival at -30 for Regent.
> 
> Great bud survival here in Simcoe, Ont. Perhaps a crop of Merlot? fingers 
> crossed
> Phil Ryan
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> From: "Martin Paré" <midmp@abacom.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:27 AM
> Subject: [Growwine] Spring 08 outlook
> 
> 
> > Hi !
> >
> > snow's melting and pretty much gone in many fields(at least south of the
> > st.lawrence) .  how did vines get through the winter ?
> >
> > Did a quick visit this past thursday in compton.
> > looks good for survival, the weakling being as expected, regent (good 
> > under
> > straw / poor above).  Somerset is good above the straw.
> >
> > the rest(PS, LS, brianna, DM, 517, 10-18-xx), no protection other than 
> > snow,
> > is good too.  low this winter somewhere in the -30 C range(TBC)
> >
> > can't tell for baltica in Sherbrooke, still have 1.5 ft of snow in the 
> > backyard.
> > got a bunch of stuff callusing (hopefully) on heated mat on the patio.
> >
> > again, life is good.
> >
> > martin
> > sherbrooke, qc
> > 4b / 950 DD
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