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| I've never been a big grape person, but my kids love them, and of course, only eat seedless grapes. I've never grown them, so I'm not sure what to expect. Plenty of seedless grape varieties old and new are apparently winter hardy here, that doesn't seem to be the issue. However, I have no idea what disease and insect issues are problems in this area, and/or which varieties perform best in the Mid Atlantic/East Coast climate... Any ideas? Red or black preferred to white/green but would consider all. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 12:35
| I have grown quite a few grapes and there are few that my kids like that can be grown in Maryland. The slipskin types and the crosses which have at least some of that in them are not very popular with my kids. I would recommend you try the new U Ark grapes, they are supposed to be more like grocery store grapes. Names are Joy Hope Gratitude Faith. I would have had some fruits this year but apparently deer like munching whole immature grape clusters. Besides those I would also recommend muscadines. They are more slipskin type but you can pop them out of the skin, its fun to eat them. Since you are getting a lot of grape for little seed its less annoying. One of my kids likes muscadines. They are also much easier to grow, no sprays are needed. Any other grape requires a couple sprays or more. Scott |
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| Grapes generally require a spray schedule for at least fungus to be productive. If you are not up for that, don't waste your time trying to grow them. |
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- Posted by Appleseed70 6 MD (My Page) on Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 1:12
| My kids love the Flame grapes which I read is the #1 sold grape in the country. I was disappointed when I saw that they wouldn't grow well here. I love the taste and smell of Concord, I have it and the seedless version (not related to Concord I understand) and Red Canadice. None of them produce anything like the old Concord...I got tons of them and they are perfect and beautiful. I have sprayed the devil out of them though. |
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