5 year Grape Vine

[vfem]

Ok... so my question is this. My neighbor was so nice to give us one of his many grape vines. He had 7 total, 6 are concord and 1 was a Thompson Seedless. They decided to remove the seedless as they found another concord start and they prefer the concord for jams and juice. ALL the vines are already on year 5, but he's not had any fruit yet.

First, I'm concerned there is a problem.... but they all seem to have healthy growth? Anything I should look for?

Secondly, Our grape vine now has a nice thick 'trunk' going so I'm hoping it will take well.... but do you think from the transplant we shouldn't expect fruit for a couple more years or that it could fruit as soon as this year or next?

3rdly... I killed our vine last year... do you think I should just give up on grapes!?

 

[bid]

Is it possible your neighbor is pruning the vines too hard? Five years and no fruit is a problem. If you do get grapes this year, I would try and make sure your neighbor doesn't see them... he will be a bit peeved. Don't give up. You got a free grapevine, no where to go but up.

 

[journey11]

Sometimes they won't bear if they're not getting full sunshine too. Maybe it will like your yard better.

 

[vfem]

Sometimes they won't bear if they're not getting full sunshine too. Maybe it will like your yard better.

Good point... his grapes are facing south about 13 feet out from a south lined tree line at the end of his yard... I don't think they get full sun all day long. :/

 

[OaklandCityFarmer]

Yeah I would agree with both comments about pruning and sunlight.

If you know how your neighbor grows them then this should give you some good indication of what might be going wrong.

Also another big issue is air circulation, this can cause major problems for grape vines.

Curiosity only, how did your last grape vine die?

 

[vfem]

Yeah I would agree with both comments about pruning and sunlight.

If you know how your neighbor grows them then this should give you some good indication of what might be going wrong.

Also another big issue is air circulation, this can cause major problems for grape vines.

Curiosity only, how did your last grape vine die?

My last grape vine appeared to have been scorched by a very bad girl who spray treated it on a day way too late in the morning when it was super hot and sunny. All the leaves ended up burning up and finally dying after a couple weeks.

Then my husband told me he pulled some of the vines away when he hit it with the lawn mower around the same time.

So one of us really really bad people did it in I think. :/

I promise to be gentle this time!!!!!!

 

[vfem]

Here is the vine in it's new home!

Wide open, full sun all day.... only issue is its about 6 feet from the chicken coop. Lucky chickens!