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White grapes (didn't ever see or eat any purple grapes while there) Well, anyway they are about 10" hight growing the second true leaves and doing well. I had to leave them in Jan for a trip but rigged up my planters and they survived. Hope to plant outside before 2 other trips I'm taking.
Anyone grown grapes from seed? with helpful hints?
Seeds in a Kleenex(no where to put them) in a blouse pocket that got packed. Not till home to wash the blouse did I know they were there.
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I thought customs confiscated or quarantined foreign biological items?
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neophyte wrote:
I thought customs confiscated or quarantined foreign biological items?
If you didn't declare it so they could make sure it wasn't on an Agricultural or US Treasuries sanctions list and they find it while scanning your bag they do. Can slap you with a $300 fine for each undeclared item too.
I forgot about an orange in my carry-on once. Wow, you'd think I was smuggling babies or something. Yeah, I know: Med fly. California.
Weird thing is, last two times I've flown in into Boston they haven't been scanning anyones bags, at least not going thru disabled persons line or that I could see.
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I thought to get good grape plants you do not plant seeds, but there is another method. You cut a small branch from a good plant and you put it in some water until it grows some "whisks" (roots) and then plant it. I could be wrong thought.
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I think the minimum fine is up to $600, but I may be wrong. Long time ago they would just confiscate, now there is the fine as well. They sometimes have beagles sniffing for food items. If they ever find something you did not declare, you will never, ever get Global Entry (I know of someone who had an item confiscated 10 years ago and Global Entry recently denied on the basis of that).
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space-time wrote:
I thought to get good grape plants you do not plant seeds, but there is another method. You cut a small branch from a good plant and you put it in some water until it grows some "whisks" (roots) and then plant it. I could be wrong thought.
A lot of grapes grown commercially are grafted onto root stock more vigorous and resistant to local blights and more suited to the local environment.
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You will probably have to graft another cultivar onto the now sprouting root stock, if you want edible sweet grapes. Unless you get very lucky in the genetics game!
I have a lemon tree that my late father planted from seed before he died. That tree is only kept around for sentimental reasons. It will never bear good fruit unless another scion is grafted onto it.
You are in the midst of a fun experiment though. Good luck!
--Kledo
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The only grapes I've "started" from seed were volunteers that came up in the yard.
Most likely local wild grapes planted with help from a bird, or from one of my own cultivated grapes planted with help from a bird or chipmunk.
´Every single one I've tried to transplant didn't make it.
I hope you have better luck.
