how do i plant a seed from grape vine?

Posted in: Grape Growing by admin on February 19, 2010

garden i want to plant a grape vine when is the bet time of the year.an d how do i plant the seed

usually get grapes from cuttings of vines
i tried seeds one time (actually near 10)
and failed

looking for a website to help me identify these berries/grapes that are growing in my back yard?

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I am looking for a website that will show me pictures of all the different types of berries and how to identify them I live in the north east USA (NY) Thanks.
in order to use wikipedia you have to know what the types of berries are. i have no idea what these are.

Be careful! Pokeberry berries look like grapes and are poisonous:

http://park.org/Pavilions/FoodAndMarkets/Herbs/qr_425.htm

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu7tX28dIR_QADg5XNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=Pokeberry&fr2=tab-web&fr=ush-ans

Wild grapes:

http://www.chateau-z.com/wildgrapes.html

http://www.greensense.com/Features/Wild_garden/wild_grape.htm

Photos of wild berries & berry-like fruit:

http://www.turtlepuddle.org/alaskan/wild/berries.html

Photos & comparison of pink Coralberry berries, red bush Honeysuckle & Spicebush berries & Japanese Honeysuckle fruits, Privet fruit, Sumac fruits, & Poison Ivy fruits:

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/invasive-plants.htm

Scroll down page to view Greenbriar fruits that look like berries:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Adventist_Youth_Honors_Answer_Book/Nature/Edible_Wild_Plants

Euonymus americanus (Strawberry bush):
An obscure plant until September when the bumpy, scarlet fruit capsules open to show scarlet seeds. Grows as a loose, suckering, understory shrub:

http://www.grownative.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=71

Red berries of wild Ginseng:

http://www.wildgrown.com/how_to_identify_wild_American_ginseng.htm

Black nightshade foliage and berries contains high levels of a bitter and toxic alkaloid called solanine.

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/weedspeciespage/black_nightshade/black_nightshade.htm

Spicebush berries are ripe in apple season & taste a little like allspice:

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Spicebush.html

Wild Lily of the Valley with berries:

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/31001.html

Dewberry is a relative of the rasperry but grows low to the ground:

http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=RUBHIS

Wild Blackberry & Dewberry photos & info:

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Blackberries.html

This is a search site that lists berries according to color:

http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/reg/Plant%20Test/search.htm

This is what I came up when I clicked on "red colored":

http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/reg/Plant%20Test/berry-red.htm

For "blue colored" berries:

http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/reg/Plant%20Test/berry-blue.htm

Informative wild berry fieldguide:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1999-10-01/Field-Guide-To-Wild-Berries.aspx

Be careful & try to verify the identity of your berries/grapes with your Agricultural Extension before eating anything that might easily be misidentified & could be fatal.

Good luck!!! Hope this is helpful.

Is there a type of table grape that tastes like concord, but is crisp and tender like typical store grapes?

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I really like the warm and rich taste of concord, and I know they’re considered table (plain eating) grapes, but the skin and flesh of those I’ve tried off of ours and others’ vines is always rather tough and hard to enjoy. Is there a kind of grape good for planting that tastes like concord, but is tender and crisp and preferably seedless like those typical supermarket red and green grapes?
Mage this is really awesome, thank you!

I’ve had scuppernong wine and it tastes a lot like concord, but I haven’t been able to find the fruit in stores yet. Maybe you would have better luck than me.

Is it expensive to make your own wine and beer?

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If i wanted to make several gallons each of beer and wine a monthe, (10-30), how much is the cost?
Kapil T, though i’d love to own a winery. I’m now looking for homebrewing in the basement of a modest home.

I’d like average costs of ingrediants per gallon.

no. it is actually very cheap. a basic wine or beer starters kit is around $50.00. the actually ingredients are very cheap, and you can reuse bottles over and over again for containers. it is really a fun hobby and fairly inexpensive. fyi…you may want to get a brewers guide. it helps a lot.

Does anyone know where I can buy fresh grape vine leaves on-line to make stuffed grape leaves?

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I’ve been searching the internet, but I can’t seem to find a good source of fresh grape vine leaves for making dolmades, stuffed grape leaves. I’ve been using the grape leaves found in jars, but they have a funky flavor to them. I live in Connecticut so if you know of a store in the Northeast that sells them fresh I can contact them by phone.

Thank you.

I use fresh leaves straight from the vine when I make Dolmades, do you know anyone with vines? Turn them with the vein to the inside

Growing grapes in Southestern Wisconsin?

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I’m considering trying to get some grapevines started here in Southeastern Wisconsin. I read somewhere that all grapes can do well here if planted on a south wall, so I know my garage wall would be perfect. Nice sun almost all day, and in general protected from bad winds. But, then, what kind of grapes? Of course I would prefer the seedless, white or red, but I’ve also heard they don’t have as much taste as the one’s with the seeds. I’ve heard Concord grapes do well here. Can anyone give me any advice with this? My brother and I are willing to build the trellis and/or put up posts that they would need. I’ve also heard if you can get them going good they will produce up to 40 years. Any help is appreciated! Janice

Janice, 3 years ago I went to a wonderful seminar on pruning grapes for yield put on by the UWEX in Westfield Hancock Research Station. The UWEX has been testing grapes for like 10 years trying to encourage farmers with small acreage to grow grapes to sell to the burgeoning wine makers in WI. Currently they are importing the grape juice to make WI wines.

www.learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf.A1656.PDF

Also as they taught us to prune they let us take all the cuttings we wanted. I propagated many of these jam/jelly and juice/wine grape cutting. I have dozens of grape plants.

What kind of grapes should I plant to make Riesling wine?

Posted in: Grape Growing by admin on February 17, 2010

I would like to make a sweet riesling wine. I live in a warm climate, Eastern Washington. I have a large area to grow in, but don’t want to go over board. I plan on doing thorough research, but wondered if anyone on this forum had experience in wine making. Thank you!

You should plant Riesling grapes, but be advised it will be a few years before your vineyard is ready to produce wine! Best of luck!

How many average green grapes make a cup?

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I will buy grapes at the store and not have a measuring cup with me….the recipe calls for 1 cups of green grapes….so how many average green grapes make a cup?

There are 34 grapes in 1 cup.

nfd♥

My grape vine has been growing well for about 5 years,?

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My grape vine has been growing well for about 5 years, but never had any fruit, or even flowers. Is this because I haven’t yet pruned it? What should I do?

Beth S:
Hi Beth, I wonder if your grape is getting enough Sunlight. Five years and still no fruit, strange. I would surely prune it this year, by now the roots are well established, fertilize it as well, with a good vegtable/fruit fertalizer. Are you POSITIVE it’s a grape? Wisteria looks alot like grape, and it blooms in about it’s 5th year. Lets assume it IS a grape though. So, grapes LOVE water. Did/have you been growing it on a trellace type fence. It needs support to grow well. But I think if you haven’t pruned it in 5 years, most definetly, a pruneing is in order! Loosen the soil around the base of the plant to ensure that is able to get as much water as it can when it rains. As I mentioned , Fertilizing is most likely in order as well. So, Beth, I guess, If you have given it support, food shelter,(starting to sound like a teenager!) it should be well on it’s way. Good Luck. Bertram

How can Temecula, California, U.S.A. be a good region for growing wine grapes?

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This area has a wine grape producing region., however it’s notorious for being very hot, dry and smoggy. I thought wine grapes needed a more forgiving and moist climate.

It’s not a good region climate wise. I really think it is just because the area with the rolling hills, kind of looks like Napa, and that got people to buy into the idea. The vineyards look neat, I.E., the area "looks" like Napa, but if you dig down, you will find that any decent wine produced with a Temecula label is usually at least mixed with grapes from Napa or Santa Barbara, and a lot of times, they are completely made with grapes from those other regions. This is especially true with the Reds.There are a few somewhat palatable whites from the Temecula area, I stress the word "somewhat".. (and golf magnate Eli Calloway has done Ok with his champagne stuff, but even a good champagne gives me a big hangover . Just my 2 cents