I have muscadine grapes for trade

Steve, Just looked at your profile and would like to stop by sometime to see how your grapes are setup and maybe grab a cutting. If nothing else, you being a fisherman, we can always BS about some fishing. Normally, by this time of year, I've been out fishing a bunch of times but I haven't had a chance to make it out once. A friend of mine called me yesterday and asked me to go down to Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel this weekend, and I can't. This yard/garden thing is crimping my main hobby, but I figure I have to get things done around the house this year.

Hey guys / gals any thoughts on my concerns about trimming the muscadine grapevine runners? Thanks for any help. Steve

You've chosen one of the most common and successful forms of asexual propagation called layering. It occurs in nature and is soooo easy to copy according to our own terms. Come spring, you should be able to sever the new plantlet from the mother plant. Yes, it will be a fruit producing vine. Don't be tempted to pull up your runner to check on progress. As a matter of fact, you should secure it in some fashion so that it doesn't come 'undone'. Also, your buckets of rich, black soil need to be watched so that they don't become waterlogged and soggy. Even the best garden soil can turn into something 'different' when put into the confines of a container. Hopefully, you put drainage holes in the buckets.