Very cool I'm looking to grow some next year just researching right now thanks for putting this video out.
@donaldatkinson7937
2 жыл бұрын
When I started my little vineyard, I wanted some old varieties, so I went looking around and got some, magnolia and Higgins. I also went in the woods and when I found a good tasting muscadine I flagged the vine have thousands on my property, then would come back in winter and transplant them, one time I spotted a bronze or white grape on the ground right beside a creek, only wild bronze grape ive ever seen, I'm no muscadine expert, but I believe that's like a albino mammal. Most of these turned out to be mediocre, the bad ones I removed after 3or4 years, but a couple were great, one is rather small, makes large clusters, sometimes resembling wine grapes it's thin skinned and lots of juice, I use a lot of it to make wine, sadly,jealous neighbor soaked ground around two vines last year with round up and that vine was one of the two, that morning full canopy of leaves, late after lunch all completely wilted down. Fortunately I had started another vine off of that one. The wild bronze one has a great taste also but the vine had some trouble first couple of years and doesn't make many grapes yet. I also have planted, summit, alachua, jumbo and a few other varieties. Have you ever experimented with wild vines?
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
Yes we have. Most muscadine cultivars trace their roots back to a handful of wild vines from the North Carolina coastal plain. Because of this, modern cultivars have become somewhat inbred with less vigor. We are actively seeking out and crossing with wild germplasm to expand the genetic base of muscadine. We are especially interested in wild plants from the northern and western regions of muscadine's native range, as these regions have been little used in muscadine development and may have novel adaptive traits. If you are interested in sending us cuttings, we might be interested in evaluating the best couple of your selections. email me at pconner@uga.edu.
@raizt1596
2 жыл бұрын
I'm in zone 6-7 in central Virginia and have a Sugargate that grows very well and has had no dieback over the winter for 7 years. I wanted a variety with a larger yield so I ordered Supreme and Isons. Did I make a mistake given my growing zone? If there are better recommendations I'd love to hear what you have to say!
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
There really isn't very good information on cold-hardiness for most varieties. 'Supreme', however, is known to be fairly sensitive to cold damage. However, probably the most important thing to prevent cold damage you can do is to not let them overcrop. Having too much crop on the vine is a sure way to get cold damage the following winter. When the berries size up, but prior to veraison, if you go in and thin down the crop, that will prevent the vines from getting too stressed, and will improve their ability to survive the winter. Basically, the fruit should mostly be hidden in the leaves. If you are seeing a large number of berries out on top, that likely means the vine has more fruit than it can support. One of the reasons 'Supreme' has trouble in the north is that vine vigor is lower and it tends to set a very large crop, setting it up for cold damage. With proper management you will have better odds of being OK.
@tulipsmoran5197
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the thoughtful review. I grow Supreme and as you've noted it is a difficult plant to keep alive and flourishing especially in a 6B-7A zone. Here in TN our spring temps can fluctuate so much that the fruiting plants get confused and bud out then a killing frost takes the buds. It's not unusual in weird winter/springs that plants will actually bud a second time. My interest is Majesty because it seems less finicky than Supreme. Mine are not fruiting yet - maybe this year. My question for you is if Majesty doesn't seem to fruit down the entire length of cane, why not just prune it? I realize these plants need their canopy for photosynthesis, but non-fruit bearing vegetative growth can really zap energy with all the nonproductivity. I'll look for your response.
@patrickconner6532
3 жыл бұрын
Well, those vines were trained 20 feet one way, rather than the normal 10 feet each way. Do not do that, I have regretted it ever since, but the vines are only used for making crosses, so I've left them alone. Yes, sometimes the cordon gets strangled by a tendril, or develops an infection and you can prune it off and re-establish a new healthy cordon. 'Majesty', however, can have healthy spots that just don't develop much fruit, perhaps to cap-stack preventing pollination. I do think it might be worth a trial for northern growers who are having trouble with 'Supreme', especially homeowners that maybe don't need as much production.
@eorfoodgardening6783
3 жыл бұрын
@@patrickconner6532 What would happen if a muscadine was given 6 feet of trellis space?
@patrickconner6532
3 жыл бұрын
@@eorfoodgardening6783 They will quickly grow that space and look for more. If you have several on a longer trellis at that spacing they will overgrow each other and be difficult to separate. If it is just a six foot trellis they will grow long vines that will trail on the ground. These can be cut off and not harm anything, you will just have to keep pruning them back, or let them ramble.
@eorfoodgardening6783
3 жыл бұрын
@@patrickconner6532 Thanks!
@Pay-It_Forward
Жыл бұрын
thanks
@Bruce_Wayne35
Жыл бұрын
My mom and my sister picked some muscadines at a you-pick farm once, and they were exquisitely sweet. They were easily the best I've ever tasted. It was a bronze variety, and the diameter was around 1 to 1.5 inches, so I'm guessing it was probably Fry. Can anyone take a guess as to what other variety it could have been?
@patrickconner6532
Жыл бұрын
You-pick farms can use any of a number of varieties, and the bronze varieties are all fairly similar is appearance. Fry, Summit, and Darlene are some of the most popular.
@Khabif411
2 жыл бұрын
I am one of your subscribers, I always update your content, I also like growing grapes, this type of grape is amazing, how do I get this type of grape seed my brother? greetings from Indonesia
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
First off, the plant will not come true from seed. If you plant a seed it will have some of the traits of each parent, but the berry will likely be inferior to the parents. It may also be female or self-fertile (could also be male if wild grapes pollinated the seed parent). Sorry to say I don't know of a reliable supplier of plants or seed to Indonesia. Various places on Amazon and Ebay sell them, but I don't know their shipping policy or reliability. If possible, it would be better to get seed from fresh-market cultivars rather than wine types if you want them for fresh eating.
@Khabif411
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickconner6532 it's okay brother, I learned a lot in your video, that's enough, very inspiring, keep it up brother I'm always waiting for your latest video
@fazlikrasniqi6658
2 жыл бұрын
Does this kind of grape need to spray or not ? Thank you
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
Dark colored varieties can generally be grown by homeowners on a small scale without sprays. Bronze colored varieties will some years benefit from fungicide applications to control fruit rot if it rains during harvest season.
@charlesedwarddavisjr.6022
10 күн бұрын
So what's your favorite sweet tasty grapes out of the three.
@patrickconner6532
7 күн бұрын
Majesty will often haver very nice flavor because it has fewer grapes and therefore gets more sugar in each grape.
@ruibatista4073
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Do you sell muscadine seeds? I'm interested in Supreme, Majesty, Paulk .
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
We don't sell any products. Be aware that muscadine do not come true from seed. Seedlings will have a range of fruit quality and vine characteristics. They may resemble their parents, but like children each will be unique. Generally the quality will be substantially inferior to the cultivar.
@Phamtasticmd
2 жыл бұрын
Are you able to grow these in California?
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, they will grow in California. However, from talking to people there, it seems to me that they aren't quite as happy in California as they are in the south (probably the only fruit in the world where this is the case). The dry weather and soil differences probably have a lot to do with this, but it is worth giving it a try.
@fazlikrasniqi6658
2 жыл бұрын
And is it tasty and sweet ?
@patrickconner6532
2 жыл бұрын
All three of these will have good flavor if they are not overcropped. If overcropped Paulk and Supreme can be watery in flavor. Majesty usually set a small to medium crop and has very good flavor.
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