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Abnshrek
04-20-2014, 10:09 AM
I have 2 Varieties, but the Thompson Seedless are developing bunches of grapes in their 2nd yr.. I like that.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Photo1411_zps26c1ae64.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Photo1411_zps26c1ae64.jpg.html)
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Snookie
04-20-2014, 11:58 AM
I grow them...Concord however; the coon's here in Lizard Creek seem to get them just about when they are near ripe:{
So this year I feel I'm going to have a win/win situation coon gumbo and some grapes lol
Here's the recipe I use:}
Cappy & Pegody's World: Smoked Coon Gumbo (http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2013/02/smoked-coon-gumbo.html)
Worm_Farmer
04-20-2014, 12:01 PM
I have them also. Just put them in last year. I have one called Blue Berry, and one called Crimson.
bob21801
04-20-2014, 04:39 PM
I've been growing Purple Muscadine and another variety on a trellis. It's also a purple seeded grape, but I lost the tag a couple years ago and can't remember what kind it is. I did make some grape juice from it last year. I'm also trying to propagate both now.
A942533
04-20-2014, 04:41 PM
I have grown a number of varieties in California. I now live in Washington state and grow about four different varieties: green table grape, pinot noir, red flame, and chardonnay. I have not yet had much of a crop yet from any of them, but this year will be three years in my garden so I expect more. Enjoy your grapes!
Abnshrek
04-20-2014, 05:47 PM
I have them also. Just put them in last year. I have one called Blue Berry, and one called Crimson.
I didn't know there was a Blueberry grape too.. :^)
Pallen
04-20-2014, 09:09 PM
We have concord, this is a shot from last year. I hope they look as good this year. It is a 37 foot summer privacy fence. Last your we had a hard time finding homes for all the grapes so much went to waste. We need a bigger freezer. ;)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d7tHKiikDm0/UGKic9VyP5I/AAAAAAAAIeE/23JB4Lx6fSg/w922-h692-no/IMG_20120812_164644.jpg
Scuba_Dave
04-20-2014, 09:56 PM
This will be the 2nd year for my grapes
Cold Spring, still waiting for things to start growing
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Gardens/0021600x1064_zps851e1eb2.jpg
bananimal
04-20-2014, 11:31 PM
I yanked out all my Muscadines and replaced them with seeded and seedless Concord. Pierce's disease will eventually wipe them out in S FL but I'll still get to enjoy one of my favorite varieties. Will replace vines as necessary.
BrianOC714
04-21-2014, 10:40 AM
I have Flame, Himrod and Lakemont vines.
merce3
04-21-2014, 12:28 PM
This will be the 2nd year for my grapes
Cold Spring, still waiting for things to start growing
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Gardens/0021600x1064_zps851e1eb2.jpg
nice trellis you have there. i am working on a plan for a deck with trellis overhang so i appreciate the pic.
I yanked out all my Muscadines and replaced them with seeded and seedless Concord. Pierce's disease will eventually wipe them out in S FL but I'll still get to enjoy one of my favorite varieties. Will replace vines as necessary.
any experience doing this? i have some concords growing and was told the same thing about growing them in FL, but if I can get at least one good harvest it'll be worth it to me.
pmurphy
04-21-2014, 03:45 PM
I added a seedless red and a seedless green to my "collection" several years ago - at least according to the tags - but when they produced fruit for the first time they were both purple and seeded.......concord.
Oh well, they make good jams :)
And last summer I bought a "pixie", only 18" tall and deliciously sweet almost black fruit when ripe
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52972&size=1
bananimal
04-21-2014, 07:29 PM
------ any experience doing this? i have some concords growing and was told the same thing about growing them in FL, but if I can get at least one good harvest it'll be worth it to me.
Pierces disease will kill the northern bunch grape vines in S FL in about 5 to 7 years. They will grow fine till then. So if you really love a certain variety just start new vines in the 3rd or 4th year and plant them. Problem solved.
I grew up eating Concord seeded fresh. The taste is wonderfullllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!
They go great with my Mallika, Glenn, Pickering, Xoai Cat Hoa Loc, Nam Doc Mai, Sweet Tart and Cogshall mangos.
barnetmill
04-22-2014, 08:14 AM
Pierces disease will kill the northern bunch grape vines in S FL in about 5 to 7 years. They will grow fine till then. So if you really love a certain variety just start new vines in the 3rd or 4th year and plant them. Problem solved.
I grew up eating Concord seeded fresh. The taste is wonderfullllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!
They go great with my Mallika, Glenn, Pickering, Xoai Cat Hoa Loc, Nam Doc Mai, Sweet Tart and Cogshall mangos.
Relative to being killed off by Pierces disease, will that also occur in NWFL? I always assume you could not grow bunch grapes in my region. So maybe constant replanting would be a solution for us up here?
BrianOC714
04-22-2014, 09:29 AM
Relative to being killed off by Pierces disease, will that also occur in NWFL? I always assume you could not grow bunch grapes in my region. So maybe constant replanting would be a solution for us up here?
Grapes can successfully be grown in all 50 states.
bananimal
04-22-2014, 09:59 AM
Relative to being killed off by Pierces disease, will that also occur in NWFL? I always assume you could not grow bunch grapes in my region. So maybe constant replanting would be a solution for us up here?
Contact your local Master Gardeners group. Nursery owners that know what they are taking about should know.
Abnshrek
05-24-2014, 10:00 AM
I don't know but I'm glad mine are dong well.. Of course that comment has only to do w/ the Thompson Seedless.. Other one is going to take a while.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/IMG_01621_zpsb5a3b5fb.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/IMG_01621_zpsb5a3b5fb.jpg.html)
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BrianOC714
05-24-2014, 11:43 AM
I saw a nice Thompson Seedless vine at the Nursery the other day with several bunches of baby grapes on it. I was tempted to pick it up, but I'm running out of room in my yard.
Abnshrek
06-15-2014, 04:46 PM
BooKoo Grapes.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Grape061514_zps36fbb7a6.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Grape061514_zps36fbb7a6.jpg.html)
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Snookie
06-15-2014, 07:19 PM
Hey Michael
With all those grapes the "Coon's" are going to have a field day helping you harvest them:}
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Abnshrek
06-15-2014, 07:24 PM
Hey Michael
With all those grapes the "Coon's" are going to have a field day helping you harvest them:}
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2150/2111343182_781fdbea8b_z.jpg?zz=1
That's why I have traps.. 7 skunks, and 4 Coons so far.. :^)
from the sea
06-15-2014, 08:47 PM
mine flowered but didnt set any fruit i think they got too dry this year
Abnshrek
06-15-2014, 08:59 PM
mine flowered but didnt set any fruit i think they got too dry this year
I don't know its pretty dry here, but if you had flowers this year next year you should be good.. I mulch mine, I'm sure a lil black cow doesn't hurt either.. :^)
from the sea
06-16-2014, 05:09 AM
it is growing like crazy now i am hoping for a good crop next year so i can make me some muscadine wine!
Tennsage
06-16-2014, 08:48 AM
Grapes are fun to grow, and so rewarding. They'll need more support as you go along. If you learn to prune them the right way and you don't get diseases, they will grow like crazy.
thewebgal
06-16-2014, 12:49 PM
I got a jumbo muscadine plant about a month back -
Muscadinia Vitus rotundifolia Jumbo grape - its in a big pot in the backyard right now.
We don't have any full-on sun areas in the yard, but it would be nice to get something going with them. I'd love it if I could grow it onto a trellised fence ... optimistic!
Tennsage
06-16-2014, 01:41 PM
Re muscadine, when we moved here to Chattanooga, we learned that's what's on this property. We also planted a red flame, and thompson's seedless white, and both are growing quickly. The muscadines are coming on gangbusters. I'll run out and take a photo. The former owners created a very rickety grape arbor out of old pipes that are essentially being held up by the old vine wood. We want to replace the whole structure with a nice pergola, but we have other priorities this year (new entry doors, master bath, etc.--not to mention another banana tree, haha). So it'll have to wait until next spring.
Can't wait to taste the muscadines. I just harvested my first zucchini, planted only a month ago from seed. The sucker's huge.
More later...
Tennsage
Tennsage
06-16-2014, 01:43 PM
We'll probably make jelly from ours. Being California transplants, we are not used to the preference for sweet wines here in the South. I'll bet muscadines would also make a wonderful syrup. Will have to check out recipes. Hoping you have a bountiful crop!
Tennsage
Tennsage
06-16-2014, 01:45 PM
Good thing my husband doesn't visit this site. We had coons dig up and destroy most of our plants we had on the porch. He was ready to shoot them, but someone else down the road beat him to it, thank goodness. I chased a couple youngsters from the porch several times, but they thought it was a game and kept coming back. Their dad was just plain in your face mean. He's the one that is now in coon heaven, after upturning one too many trash cans, I guess.
Abnshrek
07-26-2014, 09:19 PM
Picked enough grapes for a gallon of juice.. Not to shabby for the 1st crop.. :^)
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r698/Bucko13f/Grapes072514_zps10df8d50.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/Bucko13f/media/Grapes072514_zps10df8d50.jpg.html)
from the sea
07-27-2014, 06:21 AM
or a gallon of wine
Snookie
07-27-2014, 11:09 AM
Good thing my husband doesn't visit this site. We had coons dig up and destroy most of our plants we had on the porch. He was ready to shoot them, but someone else down the road beat him to it, thank goodness. I chased a couple youngsters from the porch several times, but they thought it was a game and kept coming back. Their dad was just plain in your face mean. He's the one that is now in coon heaven, after upturning one too many trash cans, I guess.
Groovy..I hope ya'll made a sausage and coon jambalaya with them or a good coon sauce picante?
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