Muscadine grapes in the pacific northwest

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acedekon Stanwood, WA May 02, 2010

Anyone ever tried to grow muscadine in western washington or oregon?
If so any luck? special considerations like variety of muscadine, soil prep, etc?
I really want to grow some, maybe going to need a greenhouse?
thanks for any help everyone.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 02, 2010

Can't help you too much but you won't need a greenhouse--they're hardy in much colder climates than yours.

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faeden SF Bay Area, CA(Zone 9b) May 14, 2010

Some initial searching indicates that it probably wouldn't do well for you because muscadines need hot weather to produce decent fruit: http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/muscadinegrape.html Also, they aren't very cold hardy, with temps frequently going below 10F a significant detriment. For your area it's probably going to be the lack of heat that will be your major problem. I found another site which stated that they could be grown in USDA zones 6-10, which conflicts with the above info.

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Haystack Ferndale, WA May 15, 2010

Those grapes produce very well in the deep south, but I don't think theres any hope for them in the Pacific Northwest. Not near enough heat...Hay

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 16, 2010

Here's a list of grapes that will grow in the PNW...many of them are wine grapes but they list some that are used as table grapes as well. http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb0775/eb0775.html

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