Anybody else here growing seedless grapes for fresh eating and/or making raisins?
I planted three varieties at our previous home, but moved the year following planting so never got to bring those vines to maturity or see a harvest.
At our new place we purchased our initial three cultivars (1 vine each) and kept them potted until I could get the location readied for planting. Life happened and this prep work didn't get done until this spring, but those potted grape vines grew quite a bit in their larger sized pots. These got planted this year along with 1 each of five other seedless cultivars and the beginnings of our 'table grape' vineyard are well underway.
Those three formerly potted holdovers are really taking off, and have each set a couple clusters. I know these should be pruned off so the vines will focus on establishing a robust root system, but I'm likely going to keep a couple clusters on each to ensure they produce the variety I purchased them as. I also have room for one additional cultivar in the support system, so if one of these fail to grow this year, I'll replace it with a cultivar on my wish list but that I couldn't find in stock anywhere
Varieties growing in our vineyard as of early summer 2023:
- Jupiter (black)
- Neptune (green)
- Canadice (red)
- Flame (red)
- Marquette (black)
- Marquis (green)
- Einset (red)
I planted three varieties at our previous home, but moved the year following planting so never got to bring those vines to maturity or see a harvest.
At our new place we purchased our initial three cultivars (1 vine each) and kept them potted until I could get the location readied for planting. Life happened and this prep work didn't get done until this spring, but those potted grape vines grew quite a bit in their larger sized pots. These got planted this year along with 1 each of five other seedless cultivars and the beginnings of our 'table grape' vineyard are well underway.
Those three formerly potted holdovers are really taking off, and have each set a couple clusters. I know these should be pruned off so the vines will focus on establishing a robust root system, but I'm likely going to keep a couple clusters on each to ensure they produce the variety I purchased them as. I also have room for one additional cultivar in the support system, so if one of these fail to grow this year, I'll replace it with a cultivar on my wish list but that I couldn't find in stock anywhere
Varieties growing in our vineyard as of early summer 2023:
- Jupiter (black)
- Neptune (green)
- Canadice (red)
- Flame (red)
- Marquette (black)
- Marquis (green)
- Einset (red)