Grape vine to shade high deck of new house?
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Comments (13)Actually, OK is a great place to grow grapes. They have a young wine grape industry, succeed with many of the European kinds. Biggest problem for bunch grapes is high heat at night, which affects ripening. There are recent concerns there about Pierce's, but minimal spraying keeps the chewing insects from being vectors for it. Here (and in the SE part of OK) you won't keep the leaves on bunch grapes all summer without Captan. And you often see late frost get the new growth/flowers. Muscadines come out much later, have healthier foliage. Just another thought about that 3' fence- 4 or 5 metal fenceposts attached to it (maybe next year) would let you add the 5' wire and train the vines up higher. Then you could do something like the Oregon handbook illustrates. Not have to bend over so much, have fruit hanging to the ground....See MoreIs an old grape vine in my urban back yard worth saving?
Comments (8)You didn't state what the grapes were--muscadine, concord type, white/amber/ thin skins etc... I went to a 'pruning clinic' at the local 'pick your own' vineyard and the County AG agent used a saw on the oldest, heaviest of the vines, He cut them to the ground, The next spring, he chose two of the sprouts to use as the main trunk,, by the third yr he had it on the wire that was 6' tall. Pruning is always a little scary to me but after watching this-- I decided I could do it.. Good luck.....See MoreConcord Grape Vine Transplant & Pruning
Comments (4)Re your trellis: Eventually, you'll have to add heavier verticals to support the structure. Horizontals can be fairly lightweight. The vertical supports have to be very substantial, however. Commercial growers use steel wire for the horizontals, but use heavy anchored posts for the vertical supports. Think along those lines. There are many. many 'systems' to train a grapevine to a trellis or other structure. One 'system' might work best for a particular variety and another system might work better for a different variety. Grapes are very adaptable, however. As long as the vines are getting enough sun and they are pruned correctly in the spring, you can usually adapt them to just about any structure that is strong enough to support them. Good luck with your grapes....See Morepruning grape vines
Comments (35)I'm new to this forum, and I do want to thank Myardor, fruitnut, harleysilo, and others here for the info, pics, and suggestions. One reason I come to forums like this instead of trying Google first is that Google usually gives me tons of extraneous information and links to sites that aren't all that relevant and/or are mainly commercial advertising sites. Usually, if I can ask a question of someone who's knowledgeable in a field, it's a lot more efficient than just searching through the library's card catalogue or wading through all the stuff that Google yields. However, if I ask a question in a forum, I don't expect people to go out and do my library or google research FOR me if they don't already have the info. :) I just see forums as places for people to share info and opinions and experiences they already have - or to direct each other to good info sources. Speaking of "pruning," :O back in May I had a guy doing some yard work for me and he was totally incapable of following instructions or directions. Long story short, after we had carefully moved all the long offshoots from my 22-year-old purple Concord grapevine onto the trellis I wanted to train them to, he proceeded to take a chain saw to the 5-inch diameter main trunk of the vine, right near the ground! (No, I didn't kill him, but I wanted to!) The stump hemorrhaged sap for at least 2 to 3 weeks. I tried grafting some shoots from another (Champagne) grape onto the stump, but I don't think that "took" because it was too late in the season. Anway, new growth has been sprouting from the old stump ever since late June, and the leaves look very healthy. Does anyone how long I'm likely to have to wait for a decent crop of grapes from this severely "pruned" old grapevine?...See MoreGN Builders L.L.C
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