Grapes

For the first time this year I had some lovely Grapes(Boskoop glory) rown on the allotment. Ofcourse all my friends had a taste of it.:thumb:

 

Well done you...........Top job............It's not always easy outside with our weather.
What do you put your success down to?
Feeding
Pruning
Shelter
Or just good luck

 

Very impressive Fancy:thumb:

How did you keep the birds off?

 

Crackin' job Fancy! I love grapes and i'm hoping to grow some next year. Here's hoping they'll look as nice as those. :D

Ant.

 

Lol Fancy like Pete says I would have thought the birds might of got them all not your light fingered friends!:lollol::DHel.xxx.

 

I have been around the allotment site all 9 acres of it and asked other plot holders about their grapes being left without netting, they say they dont have any problems with the birds apart from light fingered non feathered friends.

Birds have been soo busy twittering among themselves that they forgot to nick my grapes Helen and Pete:D

 

Hi Roders, Anthony, glad you liked my grapes. The vine is 4 years old an outdoor veriety and it is on the open allotment. I have one that is growing in a sheltered part of my garden and has produced just 2 bunches of green grapes. Dont know the name of this.

As for feeding farm manure and horse manure no other special stuff.

Pruning --- please dont laugh at me when I say this, I prune when the Moon is wanning.

 

it's good to see this. I have an allotment which is the typical mixed fruit and veg affair and i plan on turning into a mini-vinyard. any tips you all have on grape growing would be welcome as it's not one of my strong areas.

 

What's th thinking behind pruning when the moon is wanning?... I know it works for seed sowing!

 

Trim when the moon is wanning and you dont loose its sap.

 

Which is why you prune grapes in early winter, before the sap starts rising!

 

Mr K always prunes ours back in late autumn. It is in our Wintergarten and has to be cut back before we bring all the summer plants in for the cold period.

He cuts everything back barring the main leads which run along the beams of the Wintergarten. In the spring, it sprouts new branches and these are the ones which carry grapes.

 

On Saturday night on the allotment we had a toilet fund raising get together and collected £125.

We had a big bonfire,bbq,mulled wine, mince pies and carol singing. This is the first of many fund raising events. The next one will be in the spring.:yho:

 

Well done, FANCY, and continued Good Luck in collecting more for your toilet fund.

Perhaps you will tell us a bit more about it - obviously there is no toilet on the allotment, but how much does such cost, etc ..............?

I suppose all of you chipped in to provide the BBQ, mulled wine and mince pies? Did many guests come?

 

Our council is giving us two toilets for sites 1 & 2 free but we have to pay them for installation £1400-£1500 altogether.

The guys have no problem going to the toilet :hehe:they can have a bucket in the shed:hehe:

Now theres a thought:dh: