I wait until the autumn cold shuts down the vines and they defoliate. Then I
remove them from the medium, wrap them, roots and all, and store them in a
refrigerator over winter.

Cab franc do survive winters in the Toronto area (and Niagara), but in this
case the nutrient solution would freeze solid and I'd end up with a block of
ice on my roots.

Jeff Chorniak
www.africusrex.com


"Doug" > wrote in message
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> Jeff -
> Neat site! Are you able to leave the vines outside in the winter
> ? Or do you protect them in some fashion? If Cab. Franc can stand
> being outside all year, you must have a whole lot milder climate than
> we do in Minnesota (also about 45th parallel)!
>
> Doug
>