I would really like to do this, and I was told that fall is the best time for this. I'm really impressed with the vigor of this vine and would like to add to our collection of grapes all from the same vine we are starting with. Its a Thompson Seedless.
How well will this do? And whats the best was to go about rooting? Is this a good type of grape to do this with?
vfem,
I've tried rooting some grape cuttings this time of the year, a few years back with good success.
All i did was to make an angle cut where the end of the cutting would be in water and strip off any leaves so they are not sitting in water. I believe you could mix in some of that rooting hormone into the water if you want, should give you better success. Roots should form along the node where the buds grows. I also change the water whenever it starts smelling stinky or if algae forms. Keep the cutting in water until the roots form. Also if there are any flowers developing take those off you want all of the energy of the cutting to go into root production.
Any grape will do i'm sure. Thompson seedless should be fine for your area, i was thinking of growing that variety but i didnt want to risk it not being able to take the cold and winter here, i see that it doesn't do well in zones 6, only zones 7 and higher.
Ok, you talked me into trying. I took some cuttings today, and added them to fresh water with a tiny bit of rooting hormone.
I will change the water when its icky or every other day. I have 10 cuttings to try from, all the rest of the vine had grape developing and I didn't want to cut them.
Do you think cutting all this extra growth right now will be good for those developing grapes? Or was it a bad idea? Or will it force the plant to focus on the fruit growth now?
Here's my cuttings. I removed most of the leaves, just not the very top little/new growth ones. Good move?
i'm going to be watching this thread like a hawk! my grapes haven started to open up fully yet but they have been budding!
i have 1 huge canadice grape vine i've been growing since 1996 and it is a wonderful producer for being the only grape that took off in my parent's yard. i get about 15-20lbs of grapes each year from it and i would love to learn to propagate them to take the transplants over in my current home's yard!
We've already decided these will go on an arbor by the chicken coop in the yard so I can have a sitting area that he hates mowing. We'll see if they take, and then I'll get my shaded arbor patio, chillin' with MY peeps!!!
I will take pictures and explain what I do, and what works and what doesn't.
