I’ve a question about starting grapes.
If I start a “gone wild” grape vine will it still grow as a wild vine or revert to the “tame” variety?
We have a gigantic wild grape vine growing out of the rubble of an old house on this property. We’ve cut the other vines and taken out the fence that used to fence in the back yard. I assume those were tame which also went wild.
Dude, you gotta show me how. When we bought our house, had just moved in, told my new neighbour I could smell his roses. He has no roses. There were rose bushes in full bloom, and two tin garbage cans entirely hidden behind out of control grapevine growth.
It has since been given an arbour to grow on, it was so big and so old I never even considered I had an option to get rid of it or tame it. I decided not to anger it and it seems happy on the arbour.
The companion plant for grapes in Blackberries, which are also growing wildly alongside the grapes. In fact, this year, I harshed the grapes in the hope of getting yet more blackberries. I actually eat the blackberries and they stay in bloom quite long. We’ll see how it turns out as the season progresses.
From what I’ve read you treat them just like tame grapes.
Cut them back to about the 4 strongest tendrils and all but a half dozen pencil thin canes .
You need to prune about 75% of the vines back every year.
From reading they say that concord,or purple grapes done this way are bitter.
thats why I was wondering about starting new vines from the pruned vines.
It takes 2 growing seasons to get a crop if done this way.
good luck
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Not sure what you mean by “tame” vs. “gone wild.” I’ve never heard of such a thing; I should think that, rather than a “tame” vine “going wild”, what you instead have there are just wild grapes growing, period. Seeds dropped by birds, etc. They grow like weeds out here in NY and PA. And, naturally, most wild grapes taste lousy.
That very well could be.
The fact that it is in the yard and in among the rubble of the old house and it has been there a very long time makes me think it could be a tame variety left over from the time the old house was occupied.
I do know the folks that lived in that house had an orchard so grapes just seemed to make sense.
As far as gone wild it hasn’t been cutback for many years and has climbed to the top of a nearby tree.
A grape vine can go wild the same as a rose bush when they aren’t taken care of.
The fruit is tiny.