Grapevine: When Do Buds Begin To Appear?

[Ouya Mellsa]

I have very sketchy fruit growing knowledge (but excellent for veg & flowers!). I bought a grapevine last year and planted it as per the instructions.

It has not yet 'budded up' or given any signs of life at all. I thought it was dead, so I went to a few different garden centres to check how they should look.....and they all look 'dead' like mine!

Is this correct?

When should I start to see growth?

[jackie j]

I bought one this year and have planted it at my lottie which is in full sun most of the day and we have had some really hot days, mine is in bud so yours should be soon.

[selfraising]

Mine has just started to produce buds but maybe it depends on whether yours in a later variety, I would give it a bit longer.

[scarey55]

Mine has just started to bud too. I remember the first year that I pruned it, I thought I had killed it because it took so long to get started but once it did, there was no stopping it. They seem to spend an age looking like a twig so I shouldn't worry.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Yep - like the others have said, my grapevine has looked dead and twiggy, only shown buds in perhaps the last week. I'm sure that yours will get going soon.

[FB.]

If all the grapes at garden centres are also dormant, then why should yours be any different?

My Black Hamburg is only just recently begining to swell buds, but it lives in a light sandy soil (such soils quickly warm-up in spring) positioned in full-sun, growing against a South-facing wall with a black tarmac driveway underneath, which gets very hot when the sun shines.

Not all varieties will leaf-out at the same time.
My Beauty of Bath apple is now in full leaf and has almost finished blossoming, while just several feet away, my Crawley Beauty apple is still a dead-looking stick.

Plants which are newly planted can take a couple of seasons to fully adapt to their new soil and climate. This can cause very unexpected results until they are settled.

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[Pumpkin Becki]

I've been and checked my three grapevines today. Two have broken bud already, but the third (in a different part of the garden) in a good 2-3 weeks behind the others. Be patient, I'm sure yours will bud up soon with this lovely weather we're having.

[Jamesy_uk]

Have a grapevine in the parents greenhouse and that broke into life middle of last week and is now a mass of green.

[winstonwobble]

the ones in the tunnel have just broke into bud but the ones outside im still waiting for just like you i thoght they were dead pays to wait and see

[Ouya Mellsa]

Thanks- will be patient!

[Germinater]

thinkin of buying a grape vine or two but wondering if they will be ok growing over arch with the kiwi plant i have ???any ideas?

[TonyF]

thinkin of buying a grape vine or two but wondering if they will be ok growing over arch with the kiwi plant i have ???any ideas?

That shouldn't be a problem at all but if it's a single arch, you need to get your pruning done early, kiwis can be very vigorous and could swamp the vines but they should be kept fairly short anyay to enourage more/stronger fruiting. With vines, the shorter they are, the more likely you will be to have better fruit, like they do with wine grapes, less is better.