Fruits and Nuts: Moving Grape Vines (cross posted in vine forum), 1 by DrDoolotz

DrDoolotz wrote:
Update on how it all worked out with my grapes, in case anyone reads this thread and is curious...

I cut about half the fruit off each plant at moving, and the couple of vines that seemed to suffer more, I cut off all the fruit within the first couple of weeks. The rest ripened beautifully, there are lots of new shoots on the vines, and just yesterday I made 8 cups of grape jelly with the fruit. The bowl in the picture was filled twice. If all the fruit had made it, it would've been 4 times. I can't wait for next year!!

While I don't recommend moving grape vines if not absolutely necessary, it can be done with considerable effort, heavy watering, and out of the ground/back into the ground as quickly as possible, with good root coverage of soil while moving. I also recommend the use of quick start or another product similar to that, in order to get the roots going.

Claire