Grapes Galore

[Carol Dee]

The grapes in the back yard are doing great. Just beginning to color. (Now to keep the birds, especially the cardinals, out of them!) DH made an arbor to hang them forward into the yard. They had been growing up and over the fence into the neighbors yard!

 

[Nyboy]

They look so good !!! I planted a few vnes last fall, not doing much. I am hoping case of 1 year sleep 2nd year creep 3 year leap. The wild grapes here grow like crazy. Do you have to spray yours for mildew?

 

[Carol Dee]

They look so good !!! I planted a few vnes last fall, not doing much. I am hoping case of 1 year sleep 2nd year creep 3 year leap. The wild grapes here grow like crazy. Do you have to spray yours for mildew?

We have never done anything to them besides cut back some of the suckers and train it up the fence! Dumb luck I guess. They are Catawba seedless (pink grapes!)

 

[baymule]

WOW! Mother Natures Bounty! Those are beautiful!

 

[Smart Red]

Your grapes look delicious! Could you give a comparison for size? I was told that seedless grapes are generally smaller than the seeded ones. I know that is the case for my Concords. All the rest of my grapes (Catawba and Niagara) are seeded. If yours are as big as they look it would be worth getting a few of the seedless variety.

 

[Jeni Ann]

Are you going to make wine again?

 

[Carol Dee]

Are you going to make wine again?

Not I ... maybe DH will.

 

[Carol Dee]

Your grapes look delicious! Could you give a comparison for size? I was told that seedless grapes are generally smaller than the seeded ones. I know that is the case for my Concords. All the rest of my grapes (Catawba and Niagara) are seeded. If yours are as big as they look it would be worth getting a few of the seedless variety.

This year they are larger than last year. In the past they have been rather small. So, yea, I would say they are smaller than the seeded ones.

 

[Smart Red]

Do you know how easy grapes are to propagate? One year I gathered all the prunings, cut the top at an angle and the bottom straight, wrapped them in damp newspaper in an open plastic bag and left them in the refrigerator. The next spring I sent handfuls of each variety out to trading buddies. According to the recipients, every cutting rooted and grew -- instant vineyards.

 

[thistlebloom]

Carol, what do you do with all of them? Do you ever make raisins? ( I have no idea how one does that...)

They sure look tasty!