2nd harvest of muscadine grapes

[toddrod]

As I have stated in as previous thread, I did not harvest musch muscadine grapes this year due to the drought. Since I had picked all the grapes I decided to do some summer pruning and cut back all the long branches so it would be easier for me to cut the grass. That was 2 weeks ago and I have been working lots of extra days since this then. Today I go out to check my vines and discover that the new sprouts from where I cut them are putting on a new batch of fruit. This will be more than the 1st batch if they are able to ripen before the leaves drop. These are all on my 2 Ison vines. I might be able to make another batch of muscadine if I am lucky.

 

[ffemt128]

Sounds promising.

 

[n2tazmania]

I noticed the same on mine. I have been trimming them back to give the vines more growth. The vines from Isons are really good vines.

 

[garymc]

Farther north you'd have to worry about the vines not having time to recover from fruit production to harden off for winter.