Growing Grapes

**nick the grief** · 02-10-2006, 09:16 PM

Hi Angie, Depends what you want them for & will it be outside or not & do you want white or red. The best way to grow them is roots outside & the tops in a greenhouse then you can grow anything pretty well.

For indoor use Muscat's take some beating it's a white grape but beautiful to eat. For black Bucklands sweetwater is small & compact.

Out of doors you're more at the mercies of the weather I'm afraid something like Siegerrebe or the one they planted at Berryfield's that I can't remember

Boskoop Glory I think it was.

**weedgrower** · 03-10-2006, 01:25 PM

if you are growing a vine in the greenhouse you should plant the vine outside and train the vine inside

**silverfork** · 13-01-2007, 10:50 AM

You don't mention if its indoor or outdoor you want, Angie. Bob Flowerdew is always going on about Boskoop Glory being the most reliable outdoor grape in this country. I got one in a container last year, and it was pretty much laden with fruit. I was amazed how many grapes came from one smallish plant. Vines can grow rampant in the ground, so I'd stick to containers if I were you. You can always move them then, and they won't be stealing nutrients from you veg crops. Easy to take cuttings, so I'm hoping for a small container grown vineyard in a few years!

**andrewo** · 13-01-2007, 12:27 PM

I grow mine in an old beer barrel, this too is a Boskoop Glory - pruning sometimes confuses me but the plant has come on well.

**Snadger** · 13-01-2007, 12:44 PM

This may sound daft, but can you not get grapes that are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks? (If there is such a thing?)

**NEWTO THE PLOT** · 27-01-2007, 09:15 PM

among a pile of blackberry bushes i have found a grape vine do you think i can save it or should i just dig it up ??

**SimonCole** · 28-01-2007, 03:17 AM

I think you can save it. My local garden centre sells older vines for over �100 so it's a bit of a treasure. Can you leave it where it is?
If not you could always take cuttings.

**NEWTO THE PLOT** · 28-01-2007, 08:24 AM

thanks simon guess i'll have to do so homework in how to prune it back then

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