Grapevine - perplexed;

[Guest]

Thanks, I have a 6ft Catarratto but it's a wine grape so not sure whether to bin it & buy a dessert variety.

You could graft other varieties on to your existing vine. It is what I would consider if the existing plant grows well with little to no issues.

If I can revive any of my cuttings you are welcome to have them to root or use for grafting. If you remind me next year I should (fingers crossed) have some pheonix cuttings if they take your fancy.

[Bigmallly]

Thanx for the offer NG, I'll bare that in mind.

[starloc]

Thanks, I have a 6ft Catarratto but it's a wine grape so not sure whether to bin it & buy a dessert variety.

Nothing wrong with wine grapes... all my grape vines are wine grapes, just slightly smaller with higher sugar but perfectly good for eating.

[Bigmallly]

That's good to know Starloc, I assumed they would be a bit sour.

[Jay-ell]

You can always thin out the grapes on a bunch to allow the remaining grapes to swell up.


Or drink the harvest

[Bigmallly]

Cheers Jay-ell, I don't drink but thinning out makes sense.

[Guest]

You are meant to do it with a forked twig so you don't affect the bloom, but being a gorilla you should be ok with wooden tools

NG quickly runs and hides

[Jay-ell]

Cheers Jay-ell, I don't drink but thinning out makes sense.

What, never ever, not even water?

I never said anything about fermenting it.

Grape juice is lovely (or sorbet, ice cream, etc)