Questions tagged [grape-vine]
Vine plants of genus *Vitus*, usually grown for grapes.
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How close can i plant perennials to a grapevine?
I have a few grapevines trained onto a pergola. I was thinking of planting a few perennials like roses and geraniums at the base of the pergola on all sides except the front. However my vines are ...
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How far apart should rafters be spaces on pergola if used specifically for the purpose of growing grapevines?
Im planning on training 2 grapevines to grow ontop a pergola but im a little confused as to far they'll span (shoots) without dropping so that i can space my rafters accordingly. Plus, do i need slats ...
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Rule of spacing between roses and vines
For example, If the normal spacing between grape vines is 8 feet, then does that mean that a hybrid tea rose with the recommended spacing of 3 feet would also have to spaced 8 feet away from the ...
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How to position main stem of grape vine once it reaches top of pergola?
Which photos shows the right way to train vines once they reach the top?
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How many grape vines would i need for a pergola that's 18ft by 13ft?
The vines that I'm looking into produce black grapes.
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Why is our grape vine setting new fruit all season long?
We have a couple grape vines, which we've had for years. Normally, they'll set fruit once, early in the season, and it would be ripe later in the season. This year, one of them—and to a lesser extent, ...
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What’s happening to my grapes?
Just in the past week, just as my grapes are ripening, this powder is showing up on some of them, and some of the green stocks are showing some brown.
What’s wrong and how do I fix it?
The vine is ...
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New grape vine health
At the end of Spring I planted a grape vine along our trellis/fence. In the early summer, it grew about 6 inches and got a ton of leaves (and even some tiny little grapes). In the past month though, ...
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Can I prune a grape vine in near-freezing weather?
Most of the advice I have seen on when to prune grape vines in the British Isles is "early winter (late November/December)".
I had planned to prune a three-year old vine, which is in an unheated ...
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Is this a wild Muscadie/Scupernine Vine?
Can anyone tell if this is a wild muscadine or scupernine vine? I live in SC and there are plenty wild on the property, but when I see those vines blooming, I also see vines and leaves that look very ...
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Modern rootstock for grape vine
There are a lot of classic rootstocks in use where I live, like SO4 (Selection Oppenheim 4), Chasselas x Berlandieri 41 B, Kober 5BB, but I'm interested in rootstocks in use nowadays in Europe.
What ...
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Perennial cover crops in vineyard
I have a small vineyard and planning to grow cover crops between the rows.
I have little experience with cover crops and first of all I'm not sure when to mow them, and if the cut crops should be ...
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How long will leafhoppers stay after grapes are removed?
We have grapes that have sadly been overwhelmed with leafhoppers, which totally decimate the appearance of the leaves, to the point of white chlorosis. Control methods have proven only temporarily ...
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Multi-Trunk Muscadine Grapes
I have a multi-trunk muscadine vine where instead of maintaining/pruning root shooters, the previous owner let them grow out of the ground from the root system. Now I have 20 trunks at the single ...
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Best Practices for fertilizing fruit trees
I have some fruit trees (apple, pear, orange, pomegranate, grapes) in my small backyard and have questions about taking good care of these fruit trees from a nutritional standpoint. I am wondering ...
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Do yellowing grape leaves indicate a serious problem?
I planted the vine in early Spring. It seemed to grow quite well for the first few months. However, over the last several weeks some of the older leaves have begun to yellow.
(For what it's worth I ...
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What is wrong with my grape vine?
I'm new to growing grapes and am having some problems. One of my vines is doing great, the other is not doing so well. I was hoping someone could give me some ideas of what my problem is and how to ...
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What's the best place to plant this grape vine?
I purchased a grape vine plant from a nursery today, its called a vitis vinifera, or Flame Seedless. It seems fairly healthy and I would like to plant it now.
It is midsummer here in So. Cal and ...
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Training old wild muscadines
We have wild muscadine all over our woods. Problem is they are huge and are high in the tree tops so we can't reach the grapes. Can these be cut of at the base of the vine and trained to grow back on ...
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Should I plant grape vines in poor condition?
I bought 3 grape vines about 1 month ago. I got busy and forgot about them.
I am now ready to plant, but the plants don't look too happy. Most of the leaves have fallen off, or are brown.
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Unknown pest identification - eggs? On a grape vine, UK
Something has laid eggs (I think?) on my grape vine.
They are all over the main branches of this vine, which is decades old. Don't recall seeing them before. They are maybe 4mm long.
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Taking care of grape vines
I have a few grape vines that are growing out of control. I would like to prune them back but don't want to sacrifice fruit for this season. Any ideas of what I should do?
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What vine grows purple grapes which taste like lollipops?
When I was younger lots of people we knew had grape vines with grapes that tasted quite a lot like the grape lolly flavour. (I guess it's the grape they designed that flavour from.)
They had purple ...
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What breed/variety of grapes can be easily grown in the Philippines?
Philippines is a tropical country with rain evenly distributed throughout the year. Many people don't believe that grapes grow in our country but we have one. We have prunes, idk if that's still a ...
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Uses for grapevine branches?
It is the time of year when I start to cut back my rampant grape vines. I usually tie them together and leave them for the birds to nest, but this year I am creating a hugelkultur bed and I was ...
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What kinds of grape vines will grow in northeastern Turkey's cold climate?
What kind of grape vines could grow in a cold climate, 4 months winter, temperatures of -20 °C, altitude 1000m. In Northeast Turkey climate is not compatible with grape vines that we know.
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What Is The Best Way To Kill Grape Vines?
Before we moved into our new house there were grape vines everywhere. We got rid of one stump, but another one by the fence is harder to get rid of. So I want to know what would be the most effective ...
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When do whiteflies typically emerge?
When do whiteflies typically emerge in southwestern Idaho? (How far into the season, I mean.) I don't know if they're gone or if they just haven't hatched, yet. There's no sign of them, yet. They ...
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How to rid my grape vines of Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
I have some Johnston seedless grape vines and I am starting to notice caterpillars that I believe are Grapeleaf Skeletonizer. Can someone suggest an organic means of ridding them from my vines? I ...
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Identify plant and things on it (Possible Scale)
I've looked at other questions and I'm quite sure the plant outside my house has a scale problem. But I don't know much about gardening so I'd like some advice please. I found these other questions ...
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Are Seibel 13053(aka Cascade) grapevines phylloxera-resistant?
Last summer I got three near-death Seibel 13053 grapevines for free. I managed to keep them alive and they are now pretty healthy looking.
I only know they are supposed to be virus-free and stand-...
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Grapes leaves too dry - is that normal?
Recently I noticed my green grapes leaves don't look too good. There's nothing like scales or ants or any other sign of parasites. Only older leaves are affected, new ones are fine as you can see on ...
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Is it possible to grow grapevines from root cuttings?
I know that grapevines can be propagated using hardwood cuttings, softwood cuttings, and even single buds with the right equipment.
I was wondering if I could do the same using root cuttings in order ...
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How long after full coloring do I harvest grapes?
I always harvested our juice grapes (concord) soon after full coloring, but I recently met someone who leaves theirs on until they begin to soften, many weeks later.
Is there a certain time to ...
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Is a potted grapevine better put under or outside a roof?
My two potted grapevines and I just moved to a new apartment with a roof terrace.
The terrace has an acrylic glass roof with metal pillars and I want the vine to grow up the pillars and along/under ...
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Is it possible to grow a grape plant in a container?
Would it be possible, if I kept it pruned, to keep a grape plant in a container? I have 23 inch containers that I could use to keep them in, but would that be enough? What would I need to consider if ...
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How tall can grape plants get?
Looking at grape plants, I noticed that they all say the height is variable, or only list the spread of the plant. Does that mean that as long as I provide a tall enough trellis, I could grow a grape ...
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What size, and how far apart, should support posts for a trellis tunnel be?
I was thinking of building a trellis/vine-tunnel (not sure what it is called). Which I want to grow a variety of edibles (grapes, and maybe some northern kiwi vines) and flowers.
Every species seems ...
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Pruning this grape vine during summer
I've just moved a neglected grape vine plant to a place where I want to espalier it properly. It's summer at the moment (Australia) so I know I can't do any heavy pruning at the moment.
However, I ...
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Is it possible to cultivate grape in rainy weather?
I am planning to grow grapes on the roof of my house. I am living in rainy environment and also with cloudy weather. Is it possible to cultivate grape in such kind of environment?
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How much water does a grape vine need?
I have a grape vine in southern California (only rains in winter).
How much water does it need?
I have seen advice ranging from nothing to several gallons a day. Does anyone have any concrete ...
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When should I plant my grape?
I have a potted grape plant that I want to plant into the ground in Southern California (Mediterranean-desert).
What time of year should I do it, and what should I do regarding watering them then?
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How do I prune long neglected grape vines?
A previous answer doesn't answer my question. I have a similar situation with a new house and long neglected vines, except with my vines, there was no trellis, and the vines were growing high into the ...
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Grapevine leaking water and white mucus
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While I was recently helping my mother prepare her garden for the spring, I discovered that the leak on her porch was not actually coming from the overhang above the door, but rather from a ...
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How would we make our vineyard more “green” (environmental)?
What is some ideas that we could practice to make our vineyard more environmentally friendly, and/or sustainable?
We are already a carboNZero certified organisation, but wondering what we can do to ...
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How to protect potted vineplants from cold temperatures?
I have two vineplants in 40-litre-pots on my rooftop garden. This will be their first winter outside and I want to protect them from freezing to death. I live in an area where there are a lot of ...
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How can I deal with the beetles eating my grapevine?
My mother is in a furor because the grapevine that she planted last spring and which flourished last year is now infested with little black bugs. From what I can tell, they seem to be flea beetles. (...
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How do I get rid of wild grape vines?
I have what seems to be Wild Grape Vines killing off my hedges. Is there any other recourse besides uprooting them all? Would clipping them down and spraying stump rot be another possibility?
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Choosing and finding a good wine grape rootstock
I'm interested in planting about 5-10 vines of wine grapes from a mature (3-5 year old) rootstock.
Any suggestions on the particular varietal. I'm located in the Texas Hill Country near Austin. I'm ...
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Can I thin grapes/vines in July?
I have bought a garden in Austria (Central Europe) which has some grape vines (I don't know the exact kind). The previous owner told me they harvested 20 kilograms of grapes last summer. Currently (...
