Muscadine Vines

[Cajun Wine Man]

I just transplanted a wild muscadine in my vineyard. Does anyone know if a wild muscadine vine requires pruning.

 

[gaudet]

It should be dormant right now.......... How big is the vine Cajun??

You can get a good booklet from www.isons.com on the care of muscadines.....

 

[smurfe]

They don't "require" pruning. No grape vine "requires" pruning. If you prune them though, they will produce more and better fruit. Gaudet is right on to. Ison's has a little book you can buy that is fabulous information about the muscadine. Just about everything you need to know to grow and care for them including pruning.

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

Thanks guys---I have two vines,one is about 50' and finger size the otheris smaller and 20' long. Got them from my son-inlaw's deer lease. I will try pruning part of the bigger one just to see. I have ordered Isons book. I also have 29 vines I got from Isons and others(several varities)ranging in age of 3 years to just planted last fall. They should start proucing this year. If I can keep the birds at bay.

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

I have 4.5 acres in the country where the vines are. Have thornless blackberry ,plum, mullberry, blueberry, elderberry--if all of this starts producing look out--help! For dewberries almost any RR r/w will have blackberries.

 

[robie]

Like those thornless blackberries! I raised them when I lived in Arkansas. They are prolific producers, even the next year after planting. Compared to wild blackberries, you just have to add a little extra sugar in to whatever you use them. To keep them from the birds, I had to build a frame around them and throw a net over it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a single blackberry.

Good luck with your acreage, it sounds really nice to someone who lives in the city.

 

[gaudet]

I have 4.5 acres in the country where the vines are. Have thornless blackberry ,plum, mullberry, blueberry, elderberry--if all of this starts producing look out--help! For dewberries almost any RR r/w will have blackberries.

Be glad to head west out to the country and help you with dem dere fruits.....

 

[smurfe]

I have 4.5 acres in the country where the vines are. Have thornless blackberry ,plum, mullberry, blueberry, elderberry--if all of this starts producing look out--help! For dewberries almost any RR r/w will have blackberries.

Be glad to head west out to the country and help you with dem dere fruits.....

And I'll drive him

 

[Waldo]

Can I hitch a ride, i'll bring some sipping wine to savour along the way

 

[gaudet]

Oh boy I am looking forward to that road trip with Waldo and Smurfe...............

Waldo's sippin wines are worth the wait........ I haven't had any of Smurfe's yet...........

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

Sounds like a plan. If I get overpowered with fruit I will give a Holler.

 

[CajunCuveeQueen]

How are the vines coming along? I'm researching designs for growing muscadines in N Florida. They will be part of vegetable and fruit tree plan. What type of trellis are you using? Did you ever decide on trimming, training, pruning?


thanks

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

Sorry about the delay in replying. Been having computer problems. I use just a single wire on landscape timbers. This year I added a "T" post at each plant for extra support. I now have 35 vines (Muscadine) of different ages from 1 to 4 years. As soon as I can get my ducks in a row, I'll post pics. I use mostly Ison products and their book as a guide. Waldo's Muscadine recipe for my wine.

 

[Waldo]

Now there's a winning combination

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

You da man Waldo!

 

[gaudet]

So what are your gps coordinates Cajun?

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

Home: 30 13 21 92 40 16
Vineyard: 30 16 28 92 35 51
Whats yours Gaudet?

 

[gaudet]

If I was at home I could get em for you. But I'm at work today. I only got 4 vines. 3 are twenty feet plus. 2 ison, 1 Carlos, and 1 Dixie red. The Carlos never got past 6 feet and this is the third season. I think it's a sunlight issue, but I got grape clusters all over the other 3 vines. I didn't do anything different to them in their first two seasons.

 

[gaudet]

And I'm not gonna wander out to your ponderosa uninvited. Covet not thy neighbors grapes (guilty)

 

[Cajun Wine Man]

Drop by anytime your are in my area. Right now I am doing some cluster thinning. Taking out the late developers.