Replacing Drowned Grapes
My perennial fruit learning curve remains
steep. I learned the hard way that I have to plant
fruit trees in raised beds in the worn out, clay part of the
yard. But for some reason I planted the grapes straight into the
ground.
So I wasn't entirely surprised to find that about a fifth of those
grapes didn't leaf out this spring. I'm pretty sure their roots
drowned in the waterlogged soil.
Luckily, I had some spare plants left over that I transplanted into
raised mounds last week. This is totally the wrong time of year
to transplant grapes, but with some good watering and mulching, the
transplants seem to have sprung back only a few days later.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Have any tips on taking cuttings? I have three varieties I planted about three years ago. One vine is growing out of control and producing wonderfully. The other two are not doing well. So.... I want to take cuttings from the one that is doing really well and propagate around the acreage. But... I've never grown anything from a cutting. So, any tips appreciated.
I have heard of buying rooting stimulants, etc. Have you ever used them? Also, is it better to take a grape cutting from the plant when dormant? Or take part of the spring growth?
As an aside, I was going to ask a while back if you had ever heard of WWOOF, but I saw your post the other day.
Still enjoying reading here daily!