ThePlantGuy978
Muscadines And More
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Hoeing around Grape Vines
There was a thread a while back in which some people said that it was safe to hoe around grape vines due to the fact that they have a deep root system. My experience in the last few weeks has contradicted that fact. I have been digging up my adult grape vines making room for more muscadine vines. All of the (7) vines that I have dug up had very shallow root systems none deeper than 4-6”. The soil was fairly loose and good quality. Maybe my vines didn’t read the info sheets that their roots are deep and that it is safe to hoe around them. My advice is to think twice before you hoe even though the experts say that it is safe.
There was a thread a while back in which some people said that it was safe to hoe around grape vines due to the fact that they have a deep root system. My experience in the last few weeks has contradicted that fact. I have been digging up my adult grape vines making room for more muscadine vines. All of the (7) vines that I have dug up had very shallow root systems none deeper than 4-6”. The soil was fairly loose and good quality. Maybe my vines didn’t read the info sheets that their roots are deep and that it is safe to hoe around them. My advice is to think twice before you hoe even though the experts say that it is safe.