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Growing grapes - Vinny - 26-07-2020
I have just planted a grape vine. I had a grapevine in my greenhouse at my other plot which did well but was not seedless.
This Dutch variety is seedless and is supposed to do well in the British climate. I searched my ramshackle greenhouse for any broken panes and noticed a triangular section of glass missing from one of the bottom/centre panes. I dug a hole (after raising a paving flag) and planted the grapevine with a lot of potting compost around it. The vine itself was fed through the gap, and after moving a potted tomato plant I fatened the vine to a cane tied in to a lug on the greenhouse frame. The vine is about 1 metre high and hopefully will put on some growth to get it to the greenhouse eaves. I then have a choice of training it up to the ridge or along to the greenhouse back.
I would like to train it in two strands along the back side of the greenhouse above the potting bench.
No need to comment as I only started the thread because there were no grapevine threads in the fruit section.
RE: Growing grapes - Veggie - 26-07-2020
Good luck! I still have a pane with a corner missing at the end of my GH where I led a vine in.
I'm not the best of pruners and it took over the GH which became too shady to grow anything else. Mine was along the ridge which was a bit too high for someone with short legs to reach easily.
One thing I had to do was edge the glass with some plastic (think it was one of those strips for clipping paper together into a "book"). It stopped the vine resting on the glass which was cutting into the stem.
RE: Growing grapes - SarrissUK - 06-10-2022
Jay's mum surprised me with a grapevine she bought me in Asda! What a nice surprise!
They're dessert grapes. I know nothing about grapes, other than I think it needs to be planted outside, but with the greenery inside the greenhouse. Is that right? Any other tips?
RE: Growing grapes - Veggie - 06-10-2022
See my earlier post, Sarriss. I grow them outside now but not very successfully as I'm hopeless at pruning. Hope someone can advise you how to care for your present.
RE: Growing grapes - Mark_Riga - 06-10-2022
I've had a good crop of grapes this year but it was hot for a good while. Mine grows up the South facing front of our house and generally fruits well. It has never been fed and is very vigorous. It does out compete a pair of climbing roses also there. I'm not very good at pruning either, just cutting big chunks out when they get in the way or fasten to the telephone cable.
RE: Growing grapes - Vinny - 06-10-2022
The grapevine I started this thread with is not what I thought I was growing
. After two years its bore one tiny bunch of black grapes which are full of pips.I previously had a pink grape variety which was very productive, but the grapes had pips, hence the change. The grapevine I have planted was sold as a white seedless variety and I don't think it was a cheap jobbie either.
As it happens I still have a cutting of my old variety growig in a large pot on my patio. It hasn't produced any grapes there, being outdoord, but I am sure if I took the pot to my greenhouse, I would have a good crop of grapes next year.
RE: Growing grapes - Veggie - 06-10-2022
Lots of grapes here this year too - even the blackbirds don't seem interested in them. I think its Black Hamburg grown from a cutting from a friend's vine. Its growing over the roof of the shed. The grapes taste nice but they're very pippy so usually end up in jelly jam.
The other vines, which were bought as seedless, have never fruited.
RE: Growing grapes - Scarlet - 07-10-2022
Mu grape vine died
not enough water.... not one grape here this year.
RE: Growing grapes - Scarlet - 07-10-2022
(06-10-2022, 08:58 PM)SarrissUK Wrote: Jay's mum surprised me with a grapevine she bought me in Asda! What a nice surprise!Definitely not - it will shade your greenhouse completey. They are thugs.
They're dessert grapes. I know nothing about grapes, other than I think it needs to be planted outside, but with the greenery inside the greenhouse. Is that right? Any other tips?
if you can train it on a south facing wall it will grow well.
RE: Growing grapes - Vinny - 07-10-2022
(07-10-2022, 12:25 PM)Scarlet Wrote:......not if you keep it cut back and confined to one side(06-10-2022, 08:58 PM)SarrissUK Wrote: Jay's mum surprised me with a grapevine she bought me in Asda! What a nice surprise!Definitely not - it will shade your greenhouse completey. They are thugs.
They're dessert grapes. I know nothing about grapes, other than I think it needs to be planted outside, but with the greenery inside the greenhouse. Is that right? Any other tips?
if you can train it on a south facing wall it will grow well.
. I used to grow a grapevine and tomatoes in the same greenhouse quite successfully! 
I have no chance of growing grapes outdoors in my area. The plants grow ok but not warm enough for grape formation. 