How To Grow And Train Wild Grapes - Invasive Permaculture

Most people have wild grapes on there property or near there homes and don't even know it. Here's how to identify wild grapes, train them and grow them for fruit.

[@mrbrown6421]

Ohhhhh.....Had my 10 acres for 35 years. I hated those grape vines, until I noticed the grapes. Thanks for the pruning advice. Simple and just what I needed. "It ain't rocket science!"

[@10yearvet]

Nice, Where I grew up in Alabama the woods behind our house was filled with wild muscadines and Scuppanongs. FAR better than the commercial store bought. Good explanation on pruning them. I have huge vineyards around me now, primarily for winemaking. Good wine but the grapes themselves don't taste all that great.

[@ConscientiousOmnivore]

I've got two little rooted stems from a wild grape that grows on my brother's property. Will hopefully be planting them this spring. Thanks for this information, it should prove useful in the future!

[@musicteacher5757]

Wild grapes have an intense grape flavor. Less sugary than commercial grapes.

[@EarlLedden]

This was very helpful! Many thanks for sharing your idea of how to use this wild resource. I'll be making some wild grape wine from vines that have been growing wild on my property for years.

[@snuffafluffsally125]

Thanks for showing the little grapes. Now at least I know what to look for.

[@thecrazypotts]

the cuttings can be used to start new vines :)

[@rickmiletic1376]

Squash blossoms, like the one that fell off when you were showing growing squash, are delicious stuffed and fried. Try a recipe if you haven't. Usually stuffed with cheese and lightly battered. Also high in calcium and iron and especially high in vitamins C and A.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I tasted my first wild grapes a couple years ago. The intense flavor was amazing.

[@snuffafluffsally125]

Thanks for the training. I found a wild grape vine on my fenceline pretty close to my house in my front yard. I've been here more than a year and never noticed what it was until I had purchased a Niagara grape vine from the local Tractor Supply. I'm also in TN! I'd estimate the vine is at least five years old, if not ten years old! I'm going to propagate some more from the cuttings this Spring! Could be someone that lived here before planted the thing.

[@chatsandlivetrades504]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

Oh man we have then in MA. I just found a vine loaded with fruit and they are AWESOME. You haven't lived until you've shnarfed out on fresh wild grapes.

[@dictionaryzzz]

you should do a series on perennial vegetables....there's alot to cover

[@cairoinc]

We have an old wild grape stump along our chain link fence that I pruned way back a few years ago. I have occasionally pruned it since. Fortunately it's a female, full of grapes. I'll work on it some more. Looking forward finding your follow-ups of this video. The birds usually harvest the grape cluster's before I can get to them since they don't get sweeter till after frost. #greatlakes

[@wizardofraw]

Love grapes and muscadines

[@bretturner3413]

Thanks for share.

[@bretturner3413]

Nice friend.

[@GoatHollow]

I need to trim my Concord's back HARD this Fall mostly because the trellis is rotting, and I'm going to have to rebuild it. Thanks for the tips Athatcher! Maybe I'll go in search of some wild ones myself. We tend to get about 100 lbs from our 2 concord vines every year though, so maybe not. I may be experimenting with rooting a leader in willow water this year yet. Thinking about leaving it attached, and trying to root it.... Trim it off once roots develop. Would be interesting experiment.

[@GardensoftheAncientsHerbal]

Dude Austin Texas they are a monster weed. 100 foot tall on hickory trees….. quality grapes. Better than the cultivated ones….

[@athatcher85]

That is awesome, I have seen some huge ones growing to the tops of trees in forest over here too. They always taste good. Are yours smaller fruit like Size of a pea or closer to store bought size?

[@GardensoftheAncientsHerbal]

@@athatcher85 store size for the most part. My dad grew 6 varieties of grapes these are bigger than the supreme variety he grew. All over austin out to Elgin outside of Austin. Anywhere the horses or cows roam they get the biggest.

[@aroniphraimov3915]

Do you by any chance know if there's a way to tell the difference between a male grepevine and a female grapevine without having to wait for the fruits to come out?

[@syskael07]

I’ve lived in Alaska my whole life and I’ve never seen or heard of wild grapes being here.

[@seamusmaye1333]

For the past couple years i have been growing a grapevine in my ward that was almost mistaken for a weed, so far last year I finally got it to start growing on some flimsy cheap plastic structure, so far this year the vines are growing longer and longer and also just this year is the first time its fruiting. I managed to wrap the vines around the structure and every couple weeks I slowly and patiently move them around each other and around the frame so by the next year or two it has a cheap support, but gown long and strong enough to stand on its own

[@pr0digal0n3]

I've got some really nice old growth grapes on my property that are limited in the extensiveness of the vines by the small size of the fence section they grow on. They always have lots and lots of fruit, but the fruit is very small and almost more seed than flesh. Will the pruning and trimming encourage a larger fruit? Or is there something else I can do to encourage a larger fruit?

[@ericchristensen7605]

You have a great start for your Concords. It will take 5 yrs to develop good fruit production & you must chase insects & use bird netting to be able to get the sugar up to the fruit for preservation of juice. Cuttings are fairly easy to start. Needs lots of minerals & water with good drainage to fruit well.

[@tunnelneverends]

Those trimmings would be good to do experiments trying to root the stems for more grape vines.

[@HoneyGardenHomestead]

Great idea

[@jackspringer9283]

While thinning large bush to remove small tree in the midst I noticed the green grape clusters, this year I'll suffer the length of the vine but I how close to the base of the vine can I trim? If all green is is removed can it sprout and produce next spring or perhaps 2nd spring?

[@armin4594]

I found a useful compilation of videos that will help you at Grape Grower Folio

[@enermaxstephens1051]

Some grew wild on my property but they were very sour. Any way to make sure they turn sweet? Perhaps it has something to do with the amount of water they get?

[@athatcher85]

I know they all taste a little different depending on which ones you get

[@edwardarruda7215]

Live in Pennsylvania. Have vines in my backyard fence line. But no fruit.

[@HoneyGardenHomestead]

I want to grow grapes on the homestead too ...

[@TheRainHarvester]

i get those clusters at 8:00. But they never grow grapes. It is 15 ' long. Do all vines fruit? Or do I have a male vine? I will prune now, in winter.

[@Ami-ut2us]

Many grapes are diecious. You may have a male vine OR a female but with no pollinator a female wont make fruit. You should first look at the flowers (male flowers have anthers, females ovules). You can look into either a different sex plant or get a self fertile variety

[@bretturner3413]

Wish have this citing for grow this kind the grapes,must be very good.

[@SustenanceNCovering]

Where is the grapes growing on the brush pile?

[@JustOneAsbesto]

I thought the whole deal with wild grapes is that they taste awful unless you graft a proven breed onto the rootstock.

[@JeffTheHokie]

In my backyard (Hampton, VA) wild grape vines are growing like kudzu overtaking everything. Some of the vines are arm-thickness. No grapes- just the vine (the species has male and female plants and I suspect all of my vines grew from runners off one plant). I'd like to graft some good grapes onto the pest vine.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Let us know if pruning gives you grapes!

[@margaretfreeman1398]

I feed the birds and one year this vine started growing on the side of my home now the vine has grown to the top of my two story home and small dark grapes hand from my home and I see birds eating it, I am going to assume that they are good to eat, my question is can I cut it down this fall and train it and use the fruit just like any grape vine?

[@ThereIsNoLord]

If you see birds eating it, you should leave it up, and then them continue to eat it. It was probably the birds that planted it.

[@Lion-dq9uj]

They are called a spur

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

I live in South Carolina and my property is covered in wild grapes.

[@lukemccardle2379]

You sound like the guy who builds hunting bows on another youtube channel.

[@Southerngardener27]

Just be careful Japanese beetles like wild grapes

[@wizardofraw]

watch out for cows they love grapes...lol

[@athatcher85]

lol. yeah. we found that out the hard way

[@raist888]

bought some monika cucumber seeds from rareseeds.com and they have put on 50 to 70 cucumbers right off the bat, im losing my mind over this, they also taste great no bitterness, if you like cucumbers get over there and get a pack of these, they are also parthenocarpic, so mabey thats why they put on a ton of cukes. man im tripping on these things.

[@samanthaoneal2324]

Those are muscadines

[@danabrockwell7771]

Hey where did your Facebook page go. I need some thoughtful insight on a serious matter

[@hankhoughton5709]

Wild grapes are not like domestic grapes. The wild grapes grow on last years growth. If you prune them you will be cutting away all that new growth. Domestic grapes must be pruned but not wild grapes. If pruning worked why are all those grapes up in the tree canopy?

[@MrMinecrafter49]

I am trying to train my grapes and I found this video it was not helpful at all I've watched the hole video and I am no closer to teaching my grapes to do tricks like rolling over or playing dead. I am very disappointed. this video has a very misleading title