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    Grapevine has rooted from main branch touching ground

    Yesterday I noticed that my 3 year old Perlette seedless grape vine had rooted from a mature 4 cm diameter section of branch where it had angled down and touched the soil during the last year. Today I dug it up with a nice rootball, separated it from the main part of the vine and put it in a pot until Spring.

    The newly rooted section has lots of growths of 1 year old wood on it. Does anyone have tried and tested experience of rooting cuttings from 1 year old wood to share on the best way to obtain even more new cuttings?
    Tags: cuttings, grapevine, perlette, rooting grapevine, seedless
  • #2
    Hi Scotsbaker and welcome to the vine. I don't know whether Perlette is a grafted vine or not just in case the branch emanated below the rootstock graft.
    If not you have got yourself a second plant for no extra cost.

    My favoured way of rooting vines is by softwood cuttings in a pot with a polythene bag over the top to hold moisture. I did five in a 6 inch pot last time and 3 of the 5 rooted ok, which was a good result I thought.

    It would be handy for any future posts if you added your location then reply's could be made more relevant to WHERE you are growing
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      Hi Snadger, many thanks for your reply and your welcome to the Forum

      I live in Gloucestershire, but can't find anywhere in my profile to add this location info. I notice most posts seem to have location shown at top right. How do I achieve this please?

      I never thought of softwood cuttings from grapes, since the books seem to concentrate on hardwood cuttings. I'll certainly try softwood ones this year.

      I also bought the grapevine variety "Flame" last year, and have just received a delivery of "Suffolk Red and "Triomphe d'Alsace" rooted cuttings. Hope to do some winemaking in due course as well as enjoying the fruit and its juice. Many years ago I had a Mueller Thurgau vine and one year managed to collect 16 lbs of grapes which made a gallon.

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      • #4
        Hi scotsbaker and welcome from me too!
        You'll be able to add your location to your profile once you've made a few more posts but, for now, its enough to know that you're in Gloucestershire
        My grapevines root all over the place - it was such a tangled mess I had to cut them right down and let them start again!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
          Hi scotsbaker and welcome from me too!
          You'll be able to add your location to your profile once you've made a few more posts but, for now, its enough to know that you're in Gloucestershire
          My grapevines root all over the place - it was such a tangled mess I had to cut them right down and let them start again!
          I didn't know that VC. How many posts do you need to make before you can add your location?
          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

          Diversify & prosper


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          • #6
            About 10-12 ish. Its part of the anti-spam controls.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
              About 10-12 ish. Its part of the anti-spam controls.
              oh good, I don't like spam, too many memories of dodgy fry ups.....

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                Originally posted by BUFFS View Post
                oh good, I don't like spam, too many memories of dodgy fry ups.....
                Monty Python did wonders for spam sales. I absolutely love the stuff but don't want to know what its made from!
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                  Monty Python did wonders for spam sales. I absolutely love the stuff but don't want to know what its made from!
                  you really don't want to know...

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