Any one got experience of cultivating grapevine cuttings ?

**zazen999** · 06-02-2012, 07:21 PM

My grape cuttings that went into a 50/50 vermiculite and gravel mix after our grapes were harvested last year have roots and were potted on about a month ago.

**ladylottie** · 06-02-2012, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by warmingtonvino View Post

Anyone got any experience in cultivation grapevine cuttings ?
Just carrying out an "experiment" which is amusing me a little. I put some cuttings in pot of compost. I also put one cutting in a jar of water. Result: cuttings in compost still in their winter slumber.Meanwhile the cutting in the water jar is thriving with a beautiful bud with a couple of leafs sprouting out.

Are we talking Hydroponics ?

Two years ago one of our "grapes" kindly sent me some Black Hamburg cuttings (thanks Glutton4

) which I potted up in compost and left them outside to fend for themselves. Every single one has grown

I've kept two for myself and passed the others on to friends. They seemed to take a while to get going, but there's been no stopping them since! And they are very healthy.

If you're growing the one in water inside the house in warmth then perhaps that's why it's coming along so fast. Not sure whether it's hydroponics or not. Good luck with them anyway.

**greenishfing** · 06-02-2012, 10:17 PM

Last winter when I was cutting my Black Hamburg grapevine back while it was dormant I stuck 4 x 18 inch long cuttings from it in the allotment, in ordinary soil and in freezing conditions. By the autumn I had 4 healthy looking plants, which my neighbours at the allotments are now going to dig out and plant in their greenhouses. My original grapevine (in an unheated greenhouse) did amazingly well last year but i did wrap it in bubble wrap overnight when we got a hard frost after it had flowered. I'd learned my lesson from the previous year.

**BarleySugar** · 06-02-2012, 10:20 PM

I always stick my grapevine prunings into pots of compost left from the tomatoes (hardwood cuttings). Virtually every one roots by May/June. The buds always break before a root system develops in my experience.
I sold around 20 towards funds for our new allotment site at a table top fair in the village. This year I've got about 30 sticks in. I'm not sure how many vines I can foist off at our sales though, soon everyone in the village will have one

I too had cuttings from G4, two grew. I've one on my new plot, and the other was rehomed in a similar manner to my white seedless ones.

**Snadger** · 06-02-2012, 10:20 PM

I grew my two grapevines from softwood prunings off another allotmenteer. In a pot with a poly bag over it with a laccy band around pot to make a mini greenhouse. Rooted very easily from what I remember.

**Zenithtb** · 07-02-2012, 11:20 PM

And also remember; they're like tomatoes - they can (and will if given half a chance) grow roots from any 'junction'. So if you want to pot them on, you need only keep one bud above the soil.

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