Northwest IL Jo Daviess Co | Got 5 acres of concord grapes - horrible crop - I get about 2 tons to the acre and sell for about 150 per ton to a winery, with a cost of about 350 per acre it is a loser all the way. Maybe in a better growing appellation - I am in a 4A - I tried growing other varieties but they are not as prolific. I make a lot of jelly for myself. It is very expensive to up in an acre of grapes too. Trellising system are pricey so I just put in a 3 wire system and used wire strainers..... if you have about 5 kids and they are bored, plant grapes - you will tear them out in 10 years |
I can't even imagine if we had a flood, drought and early frost all in one year. We might see 400+
