And they said I was mad, Mad, MAD!!!

[Jay-ell]

Second year on the trot I've grapes maturing outside in the Tropical climate of the North East of England.

Last year, with it's long hot summer, might have been a fluke but once again the Fruiting Fence is looking to provide some ripe bunches of grapes.

Lots of them.

[burnie]

The climate is changing, we will be growing crops further north than we have done in recent years, down side is some of nature is not coping too well with the warming.

[greenishfing]

Second year on the trot I've grapes maturing outside in the Tropical climate of the North East of England.

Last year, with it's long hot summer, might have been a fluke but once again the Fruiting Fence is looking to provide some ripe bunches of grapes.

Lots of them.


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They look good, are they sweet?

[veggiechicken]

Are they the L1dl ones, JL?
Might be tempted myself if they're in stock again!

[Jay-ell]

They look good, are they sweet?

Not quite, they've still got a little bit to go till they're ready.

Are they the L1dl ones, JL?
Might be tempted myself if they're in stock again!

I think that they are Boskoop Glory. The lidl ones aren't as far on yet (Romeo, Regent and Chardonnay)

[SarrissUK]

Oh they look lovely Jayell!

[Baldy]

Nice swan.
Mine are (were) tiddly but tasty - yet again didn't thin them enough. Then the byrds had 'em. Bggers.

[chrisdb]

Grapes seem pretty reliable in Nottingham too. We have a Glory of Boskoop vine that's fruited most years since it got established, and they're looking about ripe right now. I can never be bothered to thin much though so they do tend to be a bit small and acidic...

[ESBkevin]

I've got a couple of vines too, but like @Baldy I don't think I thinned them enough again. They are small and only in the last couple of weeks gaining colour, so i gess thats it size wise.

[Jay-ell]

Thinning will give less bunches but with bigger grapes. If you're going to extract the juice then lots of small bunches is the same as less but larger bunches

[Spazturtle]

The rootstock also has quite a large effect on how many berries each cluster will have and how large they will be, if you are looking at growing Regent then you are in luck as quite a bit of research has been done on this grape. With proper rootstock selection you can avoid having to thin them.




Taken from this paper: http://www.hortorumcultus.actapol.net/pub/17_4_117.pdf

[Jay-ell]

first bunches

First bunches from the fruiting fence