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Mon, Sep 2, 13 at 17:45
| Ok, three years ago I foolishly planted two Concord grapes against my north/west front deck stair railing. And never really learned how to prune them. and this year they tried to eat the deck. I cut it all back a few weeks ago, and discovered lots of little grapes that are just now trying to ripen. I think they needed sun... Anyway, the only reason they are there is that my new (in 2010) son in law likes grape jelly. Ya know, Concord grapes are easy to find at the farmers' markets. And - I have a very ambitious gallica, Allegra, that needs room. So next spring I am going to drag out the grapes (will be a chore, the vine bases are already more than 1" diameter...) and move in Allegra. At her floppiest, she is still far more manageable that those d..n grapes. And of course that leaves another 9' of linear space for of course, more roses....I have five candidates hanging out in the veggie garden right now. |
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| You can also make grape pie, my husband's specialty. Really, really good. Concord style grapes are perfect for it. You could keep just one vine if you have second thoughts, and prune the one you keep very hard. They don't mind it a bit, and may actually perform better. You would still have additional rose space from the one you remove. |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Mon, Sep 2, 13 at 19:29
| They are huge and rather sneaky. The tendrils catch around other plants too. I still have Concords and others but they are a lot of work to contain. |
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- Posted by sunnysideuphill 5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 5, 13 at 10:50
| I made grape pie when I first bought the Farm JOurnal Pie cookbook about 40 years ago. Delicious! I remember slipping the skins, cooking and sieving the pulp to remove the seeds, combining pulp and skins and sugar, etc, and made a double crust pie. Maybe I will have enough for a tiny one..... But the vines are still going next spring. Too easy to find the fruit in the fall around here, that someone else grew. |
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| Perfectly understandable. I have actually reduced the number of grapevines I'm growing, though I do plan to keep several. They need hard pruning in the winter. Rosefolly |
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