I have a few, and they are a couple years old (like 3??) and no fruit yet. Maybe this year....

One of them used to be in an area where there was bad drainage, and it looked pretty sad. Got leaves, but they were small, and not lots of new growth. When I moved it to a better spot last year, which was a little less sunny, but has great drainage, it really took off!! So Im hopeful.

I dont know much about feeding, but havent really heard all the best about Miracle Grow. Too many salts...(im sure someone can explaine better).

So, maybe you would consider moving it. I can say that they seem pretty hardy and dont mind being uprooted. Just my experience!

Good luck!!

I have never pruned them cause I was affraid it would get worse to be honest ... it really is scrawny...

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My dad grew grapes on a what was called a grape barber in full sun, the grapes would hang down and they were easy to pick My mom made jelly with them (purple) the vines grew fast a 10 by 15 ft barber was covered with vines in 2 years you do have to prune old wood after you get grapes he never fertilized, hope maybe this helps.

Thanks ...

Dodge it was a cheap trellis .. family dollar I thing ...
I heard about the weeping so I didn't prune it
Has to be the soil..

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were the roots in a ball when you planted it? maybe they need to be fanned out?

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Springfeaver,

I tried new ones 2 years ago..

They are standing still..

dodge

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Wouldn't a grape vine want fruit tree food? I'm only guessing.
What does weeping mean?
You know what always confuses me? PRUNING. The blooms and fruits on old wood vs. on new wood thing. I never can get all that to penetrate my brain cells. What's left of them....

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Grape vines needs loose soil like sandy or clay topsoil.. Good drainage.Open spaces with lots of sun..
To plant dig hole and fill with peatmoss and soil and manure and water well..Just plant it at the same depth as it was before.. Just to the neck,..
First year use ammonia nitrate...to Fertilize.
That is the plant food.........
Weeping means it crys a wet solution an it might kill them.. If you cut them in the winter before the spring buds come on , your safe.
Pruning is tricky........
I heard a million stories on dead and live wood.
Some one says the old wood makes the best sweetest grapes????????California winery?
I prune them , but I am not sure how to do it> ;O)

Dodge

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Springfeaver,

Some old wood is ok........but you must keep the main branch and let new grow out of it .. Sweeter..

dodge?

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Deb,Springfeaver,

lets post for a happy pruner........
dodge

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Deb,Springfeaver,

lets post for a happy pruner........
dodge

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Do you happen to have a lime deb? if so I was just wondering if it had thorns ?? Mine does.

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Deb,
What citrus do you have potted/

I like to know more about you.......Maybe we can all swap.. Springfeaver, what do you have beside a grape?/;o)

dodge

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Deepcreek ... mine has not really grown at all..
does that mean I should chop it right down every winter??

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Spring

How do your blueberries make out?

Mine are sour and never seem to grow.

b

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They are 5 years old now and just starting to get not sour... try putting a few table spoons of sugar at the roots during bloom Dodge!
Also I got a dwarf variety and once they set fruit even if they are sour pick every last one.. for more the next season.. I don't know if it really works but I get more and more every year .. they grow wild here and that is what Keith told me to do..

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Ohhh that is good to know Joe.. haha made a funny! so If I get fruit that is the best limb to cut is the one with fruit..or should I trim it the fallowing year when it starts to produce less??

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The vines will produce for more than just that second year. pruning them is kind of a guessing game. when you see that they look like they they are not getting good growth on the vine (leafs)or fruit then cut it back. you might not have to cut them back to the main stalk. sometimes you might trim half way a quarter or whatever. like I said it kind of a guessing game. but pruning will promote new and more growth

Hey ya all thanks .. I wish I could draw a picture and hold a prunning lottery!
dodge .. I am gonna hold my breath and trim it up in the winter .. thanks

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haaha .. I hear you ... have you ever thought about or heard the sugar thing Dodge?

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I live in Massachusetts Dodge.. and yeah we go to the mall all the time when it is cold or raining out so the kids can get exercise.. they love it !

I read it in a magazine.. I should post it and ask..

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I am going strawberry too .. I said that actually asked about it .. don't think it would work either... my Kiddies are 11 4 and 2 .. the little ones love to run!

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That is awsome Dodge.. I sew but the fabric is soo expensive
My hubby likes to make Raspberry Mead which is kind of like wine but you use Honey and raspberries.. soo I got him some..
The grape has been growing a lot better I was thinking and a few years ago my Oldest son was pulling the leaves off it.. I think the poor thing was crying to death,and is just now getting strong again.

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Dodge I am on my way to work yet again .. ugg maybe if it is slow I will get a chance to get on here ...
I wish it was easier to live more natural in the big city.. haha but there is just no real way!
Especially when you don't have the room to grow all that you want! that is why I grow so many flowers to escape !! hahaa

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