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I'm new to this forum and really new to vine-growing.
I already have two Marechal Foch vines, which I bought last year mainly to clothe a new pergola. They're very happy where they are, and threatening to take over the world.
I have been given a Black Hamburgh vine - I understand that it is a dessert grape. It's about four feet tall, in a good-size pot, and is just starting to make some little laterals. It's in good condition and growing well, but is basically a stick with lots of leaves on. And tendrils.
I have a spot for it, which gets sun for most of the day, but am unsure whether I should enrich the soil before I plant. I have a good deep neutral loam ( and am very lucky, I know). The soil drains well.
I can provide the vine with support as necessary.
As this is a dessert grape, I wondered if adding a potash-rich feed would encourage, in time, the formation of flowers and thus grapes. I don't think I'll get any this year: it seems too young.
I am not too bothered about fruit on the wine-grapes - my intention with those was to clothe the pergola, not set up a winery - but I thought it would be nice to have dessert grapes of my own growing. I want to give the plant an optimum start in life. I understand that they're quite long-lived plants and thought that good preparation now would pay dividends later.
Any (simple!) advice would be very much appreciated.
Prim.
I already have two Marechal Foch vines, which I bought last year mainly to clothe a new pergola. They're very happy where they are, and threatening to take over the world.
I have been given a Black Hamburgh vine - I understand that it is a dessert grape. It's about four feet tall, in a good-size pot, and is just starting to make some little laterals. It's in good condition and growing well, but is basically a stick with lots of leaves on. And tendrils.
I have a spot for it, which gets sun for most of the day, but am unsure whether I should enrich the soil before I plant. I have a good deep neutral loam ( and am very lucky, I know). The soil drains well.
I can provide the vine with support as necessary.
As this is a dessert grape, I wondered if adding a potash-rich feed would encourage, in time, the formation of flowers and thus grapes. I don't think I'll get any this year: it seems too young.
I am not too bothered about fruit on the wine-grapes - my intention with those was to clothe the pergola, not set up a winery - but I thought it would be nice to have dessert grapes of my own growing. I want to give the plant an optimum start in life. I understand that they're quite long-lived plants and thought that good preparation now would pay dividends later.
Any (simple!) advice would be very much appreciated.
Prim.
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