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| A friend of mine offered me a grape stem she cut off her vine. The vine is obviously green this time of year. I trimmed it like your supposed to. It has 4 or 5 nodes on it I trimmed the bottom just up to the node and pruned off all of the side stems and leaves. I dipped the bottom in root developer and planted the stem. I am hoping it grows roots so I can transplant it! Has anyone else done this? and did it seem like I did the process correct.
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| GrapeEater: You did about what needs doing but the wrong time of year. You need to root dormant cuttings taken in winter. I suppose yours might grow but I'd not expect it to. By the way I'm eating Jupiter grapes right now. Try planting that cultivar next spring. It's pretty good for a hardy seedless. |
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- Posted by GrapeEater none (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 19:29
| Is it true that is takes 5-6 years to get a full crop of grapes from your vines??? Because if so I am sad I killed mine this year.... |
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| My Jupiter is only the second leaf, ie the season after planting. But this is in a greenhouse. If your vines grow well you should get some fruit the 3rd year. |
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- Posted by mudflapper (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 2:51
| I find that starting grape plants with leaves on then take better than the dormant ones...and in good soil I can get a small crop of berries by the second year...my Jupiter grapes are in there third year now...and are loaded! |
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| "Is it true that is takes 5-6 years to get a full crop of grapes from your vines?" It depends on the training system, how loyally you stick to it, luck of the growing season and how you got the vine. I got well rooted from a local trained them Kniffen, didn't follow a multi-year pruning plan for the system rather filled it in the first year and had grapes the second year. |
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