A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Grapes anyone??????

My grapes are great this year.

My grape harvest ended in July which was a loooooooong time ago.

Boy, Dodge---thanks for posting your grapes. It6 brought back some very nice memories for me.

My Grandparent's had a grape arbor in their yard, and grnadmother made lots of grap jelly every year.

The neighbor, who had been born in Italy, always came over and took care of the vines each year.

yummy. Can we see where you've got them planted? What are they growing on?

yea, I agree with Sheri---I would like to see your arbor. and BTW--I forgot to ask-00what do yo do with them--eat them fresh, make jelly or what??

very nice grapes by the way-----

I have to get a photo to show >LOL

thanks
b

hERE IS MY GRAPE ARBOR.

BRAVA! That's cool! havyou ever tried making your own wine? And those grapes look delicious how do they taste?

That looks amazing, The grapes look delicious too!

is there a lot of upkeep?

Thank you , all the above..

They taste veryyyyyyyyyy sweet this time.

We are on grape diets .LOL
Naw

I tried wine last year an failed//
Neighbor does it with all the wine brewery necessities..

We dont drink..LOL

No big upkeep.. Thin it out most years and forget it .

Nice work, dodge. I can see you have an idyllic lifestyle there!! Do you have many problems with pests or diseases with your grapes? My parents have vines in Perth, but they've had some problems with the vines withering; I think it's caused by some kind of blight.

We have a grape vine out in the field but they're so full of seeds it's impossible to eat them. You're fortunate. I love grapes.

Stevie

Our biggest pest is the Japanese beetles, they eat lots of holes in the leaves.
Guess it didnt hurt production.. Some folks spray everything.. we stary Organic and suffer..LOL

They say the older the older the vines the sweeter the grape.

Bestofour......
What is this field you refer to ? Do you have more land behind the house/

b

I heard also dodge the harder you make it for the grapes to grow the sweeter theyll be also... theres a winery in france that grows its grapes surround by rocks right up to the base of the plants...

See they are cold weather plants here..or Our type is.
California has a different type with grapes in huge bunches like a gallon bucket.

Each different types.
French wine ..............daaaaaaaaaa You probably need it there to ride the little canoes in the dirty water they travel on..

lol.... that's not nice.. lol

I got the wrong county.
Sorry

lol! haha crazy barb! lol! omg we have some fun on here don't we!

have to keep Bills place going till we can meet again.

dodge, the field on the other side of our driveway has a grapevine in it. We have 7-1/2 acres is all, which includes the field.

Dodge, I have jsut gotten back to your thread. that is a very nice arbor. Thank you so much for the photo. :ding:


I so wish you did not have the beetles. But I am glad they do not effect your fruit.

They ruined my wonderful growth of blackberries, and leaves on my vines when we were back at the farm. I had not berries that year---it was so sad. I want to put some new berry bushes out here, but i do not want to bring in the beetles.

Sheri ,
Heck didnt know that.......You have a big playground then......Bigger than most town people..Keep growing.

Junigirl,

Sorry for that....Blackberrys grow like crazy here..Hard tokill.
We cant win them all......
Glad you live in a nice area now.

here too what I don't mow gets loaded in black berries