starting cuttings

[dwhill40]

I've used pots of sand with good luck. Gotta keep them moist. Don't be fooled by the buds sprouting, they have little to do with roots. In fact, I keep them out of direct sun in an open garage until the roots grow then introduce them to light. Btw, some root stocks don't propagate easily.

 

[JustJoe]

When I do cuttings I create a high humidity tent/ start with moist potting mix/ do not touch till i see growth. A commercial greenhouse may use a heat mat and usually will have misters to keep the mix damp but not wet. Roots will be minimal at the start and our goal is to prevent the twig from using all it’s moisture up on leaves before it has time to grow roots.
Grapes can be rooted in water which improves the moisture dynamics.
A third option is to create a bag of moist potting mix on a node and rooting on the plant, not preferred though since we get one new plant for each rooted bag.

It is not too late in the season for rooting. When temperatures are in the 80s and 90s the potting mix (or soil) drys out before roots get to grow. This is part of the logic of watching/ watering for the first month that cuttings are in the ground.

Thanks! Since I already pruned the vines and burned everything I won't be able try again this year but I will next spring.

 

[Rice_Guy]

These cuttings were started March 18th, ,,, nice root growth since the earlier photo;

The next step will be to plant outside in about a week, Planting is a balancing act, ,, Madison had 27F two nights ago so I will watch to see when it looks like frost is over, ,, I don’t want to get into 80F daytime temps since that means more watering of young plants in the vineyard.

This plant was a compost pile volunteer which started verasion in the last week of July 2020, currently named Novia Tempranilo,. ,, based on Woods verasion comments I am curious if @wood1954 would like one? 2020 numbers were TA 0.77%, gravity 1.094, pH 3.29 when it was picked.

 

[VillaVino]

Progress

 

[wood1954]

These cuttings were started March 18th, ,,, nice root growth since the earlier photo;
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The next step will be to plant outside in about a week, Planting is a balancing act, ,, Madison had 27F two nights ago so I will watch to see when it looks like frost is over, ,, I don’t want to get into 80F daytime temps since that means more watering of young plants in the vineyard.

This plant was a compost pile volunteer which started verasion in the last week of July 2020, currently named Novia Tempranilo,. ,, based on Woods verasion comments I am curious if @wood1954 would like one? 2020 numbers were TA 0.77%, gravity 1.094, pH 3.29 when it was picked.

I would love to try this if still available

 

[Rice_Guy]

I would love to try this if still available

They have been in the ground for there weeks and half lost all leaves in the 27 or 28 night time temps. Interesting since the mother plants all came through without damage. Yes we can do some next year. The thought was my wife talked about Ashland since we‘all had shots and we would be passing through.

 

[wood1954]

Sounds good, if you’re near Waupaca sometime stop in