How to kill a wild grape vine, anyone??
crabjoe
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Comments (7)There are multiple ways to prune grapevines. Some recommend pruning down to leave only two buds per vine shoot, which will be where next year's growth will be. This method is great for wine grapes and encourage grapes for next year. Plenty of Youtube videos on it. However, Thompson Seedless do not respond well to this method. They will grow fantastic folliage, as you've seen, but will not produce much in the way of grapes. There is another method for pruning these. I believe it is called caning. Basically, from the trunk you count out the lateral runner (assuming you have it on a wire) and prune everything beyond the 3rd or 4th rising cane. You decide where based on the vigor of the rising cane. If the 3rd is vigorous, then it, if the 4th more so then it. If you end up messing up, you still have the 1st and 2nd to use. Once you have cut off the lateral, you then bend the rising cane down to the wire and tie it down to make a new lateral. Be gentle, and you may hear the wood crack a bit, but that should be ok. This is where the need for riser #1 and #2 may be necessary. Once you have it tied down, then prune the risers closer to the trunk as you would have the other method, leaving 2 buds. I couldn't find any videos on this, but if you search for grapevine pruning methods for Thompson grapes, you should find it. Apparently Thompson likes to put grapes on the vines from the upper buds only. Good luck! Dan...See MoreAnyone have a Grape vine cutting I can have?
Comments (4)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....See MoreGrape Vine from a grape vine clipping?
Comments (11)This is a fun little experiment so definitely keep us posted. I think we're all learning something here. :) Rooting under glass in this case, to me, means cutting a short section of stem, sticking it either in to a pot of good potting soil, or sticking it in to the ground, and then watering well and either covering the cutting/stem with a bell jar, glass, or plastic bag etc to make a mini-greenhouse. If you have 14 feet to work with, yes "mixing it up" would mean hacking it in to smaller pieces and trying different strategies. If it was mine, I'd cut it in to 12 inch sections (keeping track of which end was pointed to the original roots and which was pointed to the branch tip) and I'd try different strategies: rooting in water indoors, rooting in water outdoors, rooting in potting soil indoors, rooting in potting soil outdoors (covered), sticking some in soil outdoors (maybe some with, or some without, the little greenhouses), and so on, just to improve your chances for success. I bet you'll get some success from one of these methods. I wouldn't add manure etc to the soil where you're rooting them--sometings that can encourage rot or burn etc. I'm sure they'll love it once they're rooted and you're ready to plant them to their new permanent home. Keep the updates coming as I'd love to know what method succeeds for you since I've always rooted only dormant stems (and quite lazily at that with a gentle shove of the stem in to the ground or potting soil in winter). Take care and super good luck! Grant...See MoreWild Grape Vine
Comments (2)I have the same problem - maybe our neighbors are related? I cut the blasted vine when it comes over into my yard (or even approaches my yard), and the closer I can get to the ground when I cut it, the happier I am. It's rooted in her yard, and she doesn't seem to care, so there isn't a heck of a lot I can do. I do look for the seedlings whenever I'm out and about in the yard, as I certainly don't want a full-blown vine in my yard. Very frustrating, when your neighbor does nothing. The neighbor behind us has a thicket of pokeweed that is about 15 feet wide and over 6 feet tall: happy birds, unhappy me. Ah well....See Morecalistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
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