Many thanks for your informative answer baltonwine, I'll have to see if I can find a grower close to me for answers to some of those questions that are to do with our local area and climate.
Much food for thought in your post.
Steve...:)
Vitis vinifera - Black Hamburg is the grape I photographed in my first post and is in my polytunnel.
I want to grow this as a double cordon and the roots are planted inside, This part of the tunnel stays damp year round but not waterlogged, hence my choice to grow fully indoors. I want to grow...
I have a grape vine ready to be trained, the main trunk has now reached around the curved side of a polytunnel and is now at it's highest point (8ft).
I have the materials to fit horizontal wires for tieing in lateral growth amd I can understand and follow the pruning that I will need to do...
Just received my first ever grape plant "Black Hamburg" It's a two year old plant and supplied to me as a pruned back stem rooted in a 1.5 litre pot. The stem is pencil thick and pruned back to approx 2.5 ft, there are an abundance of buds along the stem.
I've been planning on growing a grape...