Concord grapes

I want to grow these grapes on a ramada. I did a little research and found they will grow in our cooler rainier area which is not good for wine grapes. I want to buy 2 or 3-year-old plants from a reputable seller. Can I get any help here? I also need to know a little about their culture, because I have acidic soil.

http://www.uga.edu/fruit/grape.htm#GENERAL_CULTURE http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/prints/grapesprint.htm Concords are almost foolproof, Very adaptable and forgiving. They are available from Many sources. This is a good place to start http://www.isons.com/fruit.htm

Yes I agree. Not only did my parents grow them very successfully in Long Island, NY, which is around the same zone as you & I, but our current place here in VA came with an old stretch of fence covered with wild-raspberry-choked Concords. ("Unchoking Concords" - on the Farm Renovation "To Do" list. . . .).

Anyway, we do get to harvest some, even raspberry-choked as they are, & they've apparently subsisted for almost 18 years planted in a northern-facing location in our concrete-like red clay.

I would say the only problems I've seen apart from bird predation has been wasps. Both yellow jackets & those awful HUGE European Hornets. The European devils are capable of carrying off entire grapes!! Apart from fastening brown paper lunch bags with punch holes cut in them over every grape cluster, I don't really know how else to compat them. Floating row covers, perhaps.

I'm not sure what you mean by the huge European hornets; are you talking about Cicada Killers?
Farmerdill, I like the info on the uri site. I had read the Ga site also. One concern that I have is insects and diseases. In reading the literature, they appear to need a lot of spraying a lot of the time. Has that been the experience of the rest of you?

I have not had many problems with Concords. Japanese beetles will do a number on the vines, but they are relatively easy to control wilh a scheduled spray program. Sometimes a fungicide is needed, but Bordeau Mixture is usually sufficient. Yellow Jackets and German Hornets ( A yellow Jacket scaled up at least 10 times) will feast on ripe grapes.Keeping them picked as they ripen usually prevents that problem as they start feasting and inviting thier neighbors when the scouts find over ripe fruit.

No - not Cicada Killers. Like Farmerdill said, it looks like a Yellow Jacket but is nearly 3 inches long!!! Around here they call them European Hornets, but regardless - they're BIG & LOVE ripe fruit. All kinds of ripe fruit, but grapes especially.

By many names - http://agr.georgia.gov/00/article/0,2086,38902732_0_41318396,00.html
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2128.html

I don't we have those here in the mountains. I am pretty sure i would be aware of them as I find bees, wasps and hornets interesting and pay attention to them. We didn't have anything eat our raspberries so far, except once we saw a warbler (!) in there.