Pruning Muscadines In The Summer

It's time to shape up the muscadine vines. #muscadine #farmer

[@HandsintheDirt]

Muscadines looking good Shane.👍🏼👍🏼

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks pal

[@lilahnewton7940]

Love spending time in the muskidines!!😁👍👍 Thank you again for the jelly. Absolutely by far the best jelly I've ever had!!! Thanks Kim💖🙋‍♀️

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

More will be coming lol

[@patshannon8899]

Shane thank you for showing me how to get rid of those runners that are grabbed by the lawnmower. I reaaly enjoy all of your videos.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

That's what I'm doing g today. Taking all day , it's soooo hot

[@123jollyranger]

I’m new to growing muscadine and found your channel. Love your videos, it’s simple, easy, direct and basic ways to grow muscadine. Got lots of good information. Thank you!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Nice, Thank you

[@marylott3076]

The vines look good! Thanks for sharing your crop.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

They are looking great!!!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Rodney I appreciate it

[@CoreyCynthiaDavis]

Shane good to see ya. Those grapevines are popping. Y'all have a good one

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks guys yall to. Thanks for being there

[@NorthnSouthHomestead]

They look great. Our grapes are still sad looking. lol. I'm impressed with your talent my friend. Have a great week.

[@deborahbarton3340]

That is a lot of pruning But they look Great you have put lots an lots of work into them God Bless.

[@dawnweck]

Oh my goodness, I blink an eye are your muscadines are touching the ground! I was on vacation for a week in Texas and this is what I miss!. I am catching up and enjoying the videos. Thx for sharing. Your videos always put a smile on my face. Hugs to Y'all

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Aww Dawn you are to sweet

[@PaffordHomestead]

Wow look at all them grape vines wow great work ❤️👍 I think it's the weather Shane nothing is growing good here either....

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

I heard that it could have been the late frost we had

[@Dom_inator1]

Looks great son. I just wish u would wear a hat on that head of yours. So proud of you and your hard work. I love u honey.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks mommy

[@FREEDOMREDBIRD]

Man they have grown! Great job Shane! You’ve got this! Maybe the heat!

[@HisWayHomestead]

Isson's nursery needs to be the sponsor of your muscadine videos

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

They sorta are lol. Trust me they take care of the Kinfolk gang

[@3CreekFarms]

Good looking grapes my buddy!

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Shane, your Muskies are looking GREAT! Oh no😱 ! You worked so hard on them. Maybe give them time👍. I see Folks covering there Blueberries with a row cover type net around here. That must be for the Birds. JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks

[@charlesmccullough2386]

Hey Shane great video.I just got my 2-300' rows of muscadine Vines on drip and man that's a game changer!My Vines aren't quite as big as yours yet but hope to start putting the fertilizer to them and the water.Good to see the fruits of your labor and your well on your way to a u-pick.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Awesome 300 ft. Is a long ways lol

[@debbiepierce4962]

Looks great Shane!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks Debbie

[@willisdockery3972]

As always enjoyed ..hope you had a happy father's day

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

We did I hope you did as well

[@TheOutbackIndustries]

all of that, looks like you hobby is about to become your full time Job haha. keep up the good work enjoy the videos.

[@cjaustin1025]

Beautiful farm you have. Always enjoy your videos!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks so much

[@tammysarrazin7078]

i love when you shake the vines and all the beetles take off lol

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol its crazy how many

[@dooleysmichiganhomestead8339]

Thanks for your Video The Dooley's rom Michigan gives you a big THUMBS UP

[@RickyVentures]

Hello from Minnesota! That is a lot to care for!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

I love it

[@michaeljovovich2723]

I was out cutting the grass today and had the very experience you described of having some of my long Muscadine vines grabbed by the lawnmower. It got me thinking about whether or not I could prune the vines in summer. That question led me to a Google search, which led me to your site. Based on your comments, it seems like summer pruning is fine. I’m hoping it will lead to bigger fruit as well as fewer lawnmower issues. My plan is to prune the vines soon ( hopefully on a somewhat cool day, which may be hard in Mississippi in July) and to use a hedge trimmer to do the job a little faster.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

I'm actually doing a video on summer prunning tomorrow. I just started today and ITS HOT LOL. I use hedge trimmers to and the plants do just fine

[@BonedaddyToo]

The vineyard is looking sweet 😀

[@ralphfrazier4023]

U did a great job on them

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks Ralph

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Appreciate the update!

[@MimsysGarden]

Looks great! 💚

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Oh thanks Anna

[@AuntieAnn]

Wow the pruning looks great 👊... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they start producing like you want them to! 🤞... That jelly was amazing 😋❤️

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Oh good more will be coming

[@melvinosborne6056]

great job, did not know you could prune these in the summer

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Oh yes they are super tough. And I honestly thinks it helps promote growth

[@jesusislord2457]

Shane: They like it when you squish them. Beetles: Somebody lied to youuuuuu!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol they do

[@SouthWestIron]

Nice channel! i've got a huge Musadine that I am not sure how to go at. Trunk on the thing is is more like a tree stump. Hopefully I can get it producing next year.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Prune it up this February should start producing

[@lindabsweet2299]

Good afternoon. Be careful of snakes lol

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol

[@trevshannasimmons4832]

Very very helpful

[@acluckingacreandhomestead4792]

Great video! Thanks for all the information! Something I have used is St, Gabreil Organic Milky Spores. It is a game changer for the Japanese beetle. It is easy to use and doesnt harm other insects or animals, it only kills Japanese Beetle larve. Just follow the directions, It is easy and quick to use.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Nice thanks so much I keep saying I'm gonna try that. Thanks for the reminder

[@markwilliam4589]

Hey there. I was wondering if you had the you pick it going for your muscadines? I would love to visit and see what’s going on. I have one plant and am inspired to improve my operations next season!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

No, gonna be a couple of years before all the plants are mature enough

[@HisWayHomestead]

grapes and turtles.... it don't get any better than that....

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol

[@michaelaiken]

Great videos, very well done! Dallas, GA here. Found you by looking for if it's OK to prune back muscadines in summer before harvest to be able to walk through and mow grass in the rows and pick easier. I have Ison and one Albemarle which UGA says is iffy here, but it's a large, beautiful, sweet, firm berry for eating. All my vines are absolutely loaded this year. Fertilized in spring and used calcium nitrate a few weeks ago when grapes were about small marble sized. Hope my wires and posts are strong enough. I've had problems with deer and raccoons in the last few years cleaning me out seemingly overnight when things get ripe. Do you have any ideas for that? Thanks. Mike.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Yep, set traps now for raccoons and I bought some solar motion activated alarms to hang around my rows. I guess they work never really had a big problem with deer. But we hunt them to. I thought about getting some wind chimes to put out there. Good luck this year we are loaded to

[@paulmageeberry2451]

Hey Shane- newbie here- thanks for all your excellent videos. Question: late this past Winter, I pruned all my vines for first time (first planted the spring before 8' apart) to train them to grow up our chain link fence and across top 4' both directions, keeping a spur every 4", etc. I've had lush growth this summer but no grapes! Is this normal for first year after pruning? Or should I have trimmed back the vines this summer to force growth of grapes? any guidance appreciated. Thanks again for all your great content.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Trimming in summer want force grapes to grow. 2nd yr plants sometimes want put on. We have some Black Beauty that was 4th yr. Just depends on. The variety. Keep up the work on them and don't give up. Prune in February. Fertilize with 10 10 10 April 1st and May June and July and the 15th of those months use Calcium Nitrate. I. The spring you should see tiny clusters of little pollen sacks that will turn into your grapes. I hope you have a self fertle amongst the 2 that would help a ton. Female plants will struggle without one. Good luck and keep me posted

[@paulmageeberry2451]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia TY for getting back. Will do as you suggest.

[@HisWayHomestead]

Great update Shane!!! how far apart are your rows???

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

8ft

[@haywardstewart2825]

Don’t worry ! Now that you’ve trimmed them back they will start producing more grapes. The plants were putting more energy toward the vines. Now that you know the nitrogen (leaf and vine production) is sufficient; increase the P-K. CAPEESH 😁

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

They want produce more grapes they are already set and close to being ripe

[@crazycritterlady8788]

The grapes are looking good, I have one trellis in a hoop shape I may try planting grapes at each end to meet in the middle if my beans don't start growing up the trellis soon. When is the best time to plant grapes? I just want some sweet seedless ones, red, green doesn't matter. Oh and I was waiting on ya Monday I must of missed you saying you weren't going live, I was ready lol! Much love from So.Cal.💟

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

We plant in the fall and winter. We just took a break Monday

[@crazycritterlady8788]

Thanks for planting info I'll look into what grows best in the desert and see what happens.

[@mikeg3221]

How far apart do you plant your muscadines? Should all muscadine varieties be spaced the same? Thanks for your awesome content!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Thanks. You can space how ever you like its basically so you can get down the rows to cut gras and stuff. I keep mine at 8 ft wide so I can squeeze a couple extra rows in

[@charlesbyrneShowComments4all]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia yeah I followed the recommendation of 12 feet. I should have done 8 or 9 to squeeze in 1 or 2 more. Lol. I guess 5 varieties will do, but now they're teasing me with new varieties like ruby crisp. Oh well. That should be plenty. My great grandma had two or three and we always had plenty of grapes. The good Lord provides.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol I want some Ruby Crisp so bad but I'm out of room

[@FREEDOMREDBIRD]

You might need to put up a owl or hawk by the blue berry plants!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Little late lol. Maybe next year

[@charlesbyrneShowComments4all]

Fake rubber snakes. Just move them every week or two and make sure it is rubber before you grab a hold of one. Lol

[@bigdhatch]

What do you use to spray on the beetles? They are bad this year. Also, here in SC the late frost hindered the grape production a fair amount.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Liquid seven. Works great and yes winter got us to

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

Shane the grapes are huge and looking fantastic! Do you ever replant the cuttings?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

No just to busy

[@mdkeener75]

Looks great! Do you have any video's on building, starting muscadines vines?

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

He does. Lots of Muscatine videos

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

I have a Playlist on my channel for just muscadines

[@mdkeener75]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia awesome thank you

[@tammysarrazin7078]

so all that leaf stuff you took off do you compost it or feed it to the fowls ??? looks great hugssssssss nvmd you answered me later on in the video lol

[@happycluck4163]

Thanks for your video! There's not much out there about summer pruning. Your video was quite helpful. What do you do with all your muscadine grapes at harvest time? Btw, Ison's rocks!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

We eat and make tons of jelly and wine all winter. I have some some pretty good wine videos out

[@happycluck4163]

Thanks, I'll definately check out your wine videos! I love to make jelly from the muscadines too. I don't have anywhere near the amount of plants you have!

[@liocean9636]

Hi! Thanks for the video! What did you spray for JHB?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Not sure what that is.

[@liocean9636]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia Japanese Hive beetles

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Oh wow this is an old video. Haven't done bees in a while. But we tried a chemical once and can't remember the name but I hated it so we went to a powder sugar shake and let them clean them selves and seemed to work really well

[@1980khmer]

I think by trimming off those branches give your grapes more sun and bigger fruits .

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Not sure but makes perfect sense

[@sharonryan5448]

What fertilizer do you use and how often do you use it?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

The 1st of April May June and July 10 10 10 and Calcium Nitrate on the 15th of all those months

[@TheVineyardFarmhouse]

I’ve enjoyed watching your channel for a while now…Saw you on the KZbinrs get together meeting. Hopefully My channel develops well enough to get to go to the next one…It looks like a lot of fun.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

So much fun

[@sweetrhymes3420]

I planted a muscadine vine about 2 years ago now..i pruned it back alot in february, it is a new vine starting out, my vine is now growing nuts but no fruit producing. Any ideas why?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Should be a lot of tiny pollen sacs about to bust open and then the fruit will be producing. Keep an eye on them and some they will be putting out tiny little flowers which will in turn be your 🍇

[@sweetrhymes3420]

@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia thanks for the response..May have to look closer it has really grown triple this year compared to last. How do you deter birds!? They stole blueberries all year last year so I had to net bag them but this bag isn't going to fit this vine. The fake owls are a waste..I caught a bird sitting on its head!🤦‍♀️

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol sounds like over here at my place. Honestly never really had a problem birds in the muscadines

[@stevecaraway9619]

dad aways put short pieces of water hoses in the blueberry trees to keep the birds out. lol

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Definitely need to try that

[@stevecaraway9619]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia looked like snakes in the trees. fig trees too.

[@jdollar5852]

We probably will have 50% of the grapes we had last year. Beetles are the worst I have ever seen so maybe that is having an impact. We haven't finished bottling all the wine we put up last year, 48 gallons, so less grapes this year won't be too bad. Some of the grapes I got from Ison's this year are almost down the wire and some haven't even reached the wire. It doesn't seem to be a varietal issue other than all the Carlos plants are doing well. That's just farming.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

I'm gonna need a wine recipe this year lol. Never made it before. Our plants are doing same as yours. Thanks

[@jdollar5852]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia we give virtually all of ours to friends. Most people want a sweet wine and the bronze seem to work best for that. It's a lot of fun but, like most hobbies, it's expensive to get started. Any time you want a few bottles just let me know. We bottled 11 gallons last weekend so we haven't given it all away yet.

[@terrypresson307]

Summer pruning wont affect muscadine growth? Just asking cause leaves take in sunlight for growth but at same time too much vine robs muscadine growth.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Nope , I just cut them back off the ground a couple feet. Never been a problem

[@lindam.1571]

Are the grapes good to eat or do you make wine with them? Great video!

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

They are awesome to eat and gonna make wine for the first time this year

[@lindam.1571]

@@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia Wow! That's very interesting! Thanks for responding!

[@jaredenders4981]

Shane, i see lots of wild muscadines in the woods all over. Do they have a similar taste to the domestic grapes that you grow?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Some do. We have them all over here to. But not as sweet

[@cherylguess3859]

i think if you put them clipped ends in a jar with water it will grow roots

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

It will definitely just no time for another job

[@giveitagowithdave1970]

First time to your channel, do you sell your grapes?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Not yet but next year should be ready

[@leespears2628]

How close are your Muscadines and grapes together.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

20 ft apart the rows are 8 ft wide

[@leespears2628]

Thank you . How close is your Muscatine Vinyard to your grape Vinyard?

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

All muscadines

[@maryw970]

Never heard of them. Do you can them or what

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

They are southern grapes. Wines jelly and jam they are delicious to eat

[@browntownorganics2172]

Yeah Japanese beetle have shown up here the past week or so.

[@ritaarias2713]

😃👍👌

[@gotchacovered9038]

The deer have trimmed mine 😂

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol they will

[@Antherdayinparsdise]

Do you know what causes the leaves to Yellow

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

No clue . Usually water or fertilizer

[@kimhowell6613]

First

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

BooM winner

[@marthajessiejamesartscraft5103]

Those beetles are a huge pain in the butt.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Yes they are

[@rowenafulache6461]

Can I buy your cutting

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

We don't have any, sorry

[@PADLifeOutdoors]

Second

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

You're either first or You're last lol

[@frankdavidson9675]

i do not prune my muscadines in the summer those extra leaves have a bearing on sugar content ------add nitrate to increase production

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Awesome I have to or I rip them from the main vine cutting grass. Never had any problems. Lots of production and super sweet

[@Wildflower1880]

I've done a GREAT JOB W/Ur place, I'm so knew to Ur Channel that I don't even know if Ur married or not. I don't think that U R, because U seem like Ur lacking in that area. I'm not sure why, because U've got it all going on.......

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

Lol yes he is married, to a sweet sweet lady. Has kids and grandkids that he spends alot of time with.

[@KinfolkFarmofGeorgia]

Lol yes I'm married

[@Wildflower1880]

Well Good I'm Thankful, I am 2 to a wonderful man. for 23 years, I've never seen a wife on here so since I'm new to this channel I was trying to put 2 + 2 together, he's always talking about his niece, but I've never heard him talking about anyone else... So I had an Honest ?

[@lindabsweet2299]

Third lol