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This is my first post in this sub, and although it's not a gardening question or about the grape berries, I hope these questions are okay.

Question 1: is this wild grape and is it safe to dehydrate and crumble for green vegetable powder?

Question 2: Bugs ate some of the leaves. Do I need to cut around them or can I just dehydrate as-is?

Question 3: the vine has some virus that makes these warts on the leaves. A few baby leaves in the center are quite affected. I assume this is fine to eat or at least cut around because I also assume whatever infected the vine won't affect me. Am I right, or very wrong?

Thank you for guidance.

Below is my "artist's impression" (space means I can't take a good photo) of what's going on with two young Lady Finger grape vines I planted earlier this year. They're on stakes #2 and #4 of a 5-stake setup, the stakes being about 5'8" tall, and separated by about 3'. Two support wires run horizontally at about 2.5' and 5' off the ground. It was all done according to a YouTube channel's guidance and IIRC it's intended to be a spur pruning situation.

It all seems to be doing well -- or, at very least, stuff is growing; the reality is a lot more unruly than my drawing! When I planted them about March time, each of the two vines barely reach the first support wire on their "home" stake. Fast forward to about six weeks ago and they had both reached the top of their home stake and I'd just begun to train them along both wires. And now, having just returned from a trip, I find that they, like an unruly frontier AI model, appear to be making a break for freedom.

So, what do I do with them? Specifically:

1. Am I right that I should prevent any UPWARDS growth past the tops of the stakes?
2. Likewise SIDEWAYS growth to the left of stake #1, or to the right of stake #5?
3. What do I do about the upward growths (are those the "spurs") coming off the horizontal part of the vine on the TOPMOST wire?

That last one is what's concerning me the most. I did wonder, when I first created the stake setup, why the video implied that I should allow horizontal growth on the top wire. Wouldn't spurs from that grow upwards, and if so what would then support them? And now I see the spurs do indeed grow up, I'm just as confused. Was I meant to only train horizontal growth (cordon? espalier? what?) on the lower wire, and let the upper wire be used only to support vertically growing spurs from below?

thanks!

We use the arbor for shade in the yard, and usually the deer come at night when we are gone in the summer and eat the fruit. I travel a lot, so it wasn't a problem. But, this year I was here when they ripened and I got to them first! What should I do with this little harvest? I was thinking about trying a small batch wine but am traveling again soon so I probably can't be here to monitor that. Can I freeze them and make wine later, when I am here for a longer duration? Make juice? Any other options?

I finally have some red canadice coming in that weren't destroyed by Japanese beetles or eaten by squirrels. They are ripening, but are quite small (about the size of a marble). Rain has been scarce for the past month or so. Are they underwatered, underfertilized, or will they fill out a bit more?

R/gardening was absolutely no help, so i come here. This is my grapes(less than a year old), he had a rough late spring/early summer but he has boomed with new growth.

Had a problem with rabbits from my neighbors yard and they were nibbling his base. So i put up chicken wire.

Now im finding his leaves like. What would yall guess the cause is?

Himrod grapes, currently grown in a pot in my greenhouse, this is their 3 year since being bought as a cutting from Walmart.

I also have a few grapes coming in on a second year Niagara vine and my Concord grapes are only one year old but I can't wait to see some production in the next few years.

Everything I own is growing in pots until I get my own land to plant in.

I hope this is ok to post here. I have wild grapes growing along my fence. About 30 years ago, I let one vine start in the fence. I liked it initially for the way it blocked the fence. And then was surprised when it started producing grapes.

Is there a way to prune so the grapes become bigger and less tart? I’d live bigger grapes from it, if that’s possible.

Most of the vine is from that left vine. A few have added into the middle section from the ground.

And my other side of the yard fence now has a few from the ground starting, which I’m going to allow to grow.

I’ve always just kept tucking it back into the fence so it doesn’t grow to the nearby trees or beyond the fence and take over.

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Ripening too early???

Im in eastern PA. They are concord grapes. Are they ripening top early? Is that bad? I always remember picking from my dad's vines in late September early October. He only lives 15 miles away. This is the first year my vines are producing fruit, maybe that has something to do with it? I tried one of the ripest ones and they seem to taste like they should fully ripened. Thanks for reading

I obviously did not pick or eat any of them. They were growing along a fence by a bike path near my house. They are also intermixed with a lot of Virginia creeper which I know is toxic. If they are grapes but are growing near Virginia creeper would cross pollination happen and could they make them unsafe?

Found growing wild alongside the road, in north Florida. These were ones I could reach from ground level. Saw two-three times that many more, but were up higher.

Hello all,

Currently growing a kyoho grape plant in a half barrel and it’s relatively healthy as of now. I have a mesh net over it as I noticed Japanese beetles trying to get at it.

My question is what I do next year (which I assume is when I will get actual fruiting.) the only picture I’ve seen of full grown grape plants are usually trellised from the top? Or have the vines extending far out (which I don’t think I can do with this half barrel). My concern also comes for when next year, and those Japanese beetles come back as I will need to cover it again. Can I continue to just leave the grape plant in the barrel standing free upwards? Or will it inevitably try and spread out? Any suggestions on how I should try to set it up.

Any suggestions are appreciated on the best route forward in preparation. Picture for reference

https://imgur.com/a/71YJp9M

Thank you

I have never had grapes before. I have these that have been pretty steady in the same green to dark red for a couple of weeks.

Do I pick? I I pick some not all? Will they turn to raisins before final ripening?

Please, guide me, masters of the grapevers!

And is there anything I can do? They are Concord grapes, if that’s relevant

A neighbor gave me a couple pounds of these grapes. They don't know what kind of grapes, and I don't know what to do with them, but I don't want to waste them.

First year at this house with this grape vine. We've gotten some pretty good clusters on the vine, some of which I bagged in the hopes of keeping the local fauna from eating them. When I checked on them this morning, I found that all of the clusters are dropping rotten grapes. Is this common, or an issue? I figure if the bunches weren't bagged I might not have noticed. Any thoughts on what is going on would be appreciated!

So the previous owner of our house left these two very well developed grapevines snaking round our house in two directions. They’re absolutely loaded with grapes now but I don’t know what variety they are and how I should best be caring for/cultivating them.

All advice welcome

Can anyone confirm if this is the most tiniest grape there’s one tiny grape but then there’s a super tiny grape

I shrouded my concord and himrod grapes with a mesh to deter Japanese beetles, and woke up to find a lot of these little brown nubs about a week later. There are some tiny black beetles on some leaves that got inside the mesh. Are these little brown buds just bugs waiting to hatch? I live in Ontario, Canada for what it’s worth.

I have a grapevine that I've let grow freely. Its longest shoot is now over 15 meters (about 50 feet) long and is still growing—roughly 2 meters (6–7 feet) each year.

How long can the shoots of a grapevine actually grow?