A True American Original
My grape arbors belonged to my grandfather, and since we live where my grandparents lived,
we inherited them. I do not have any statistics on how long grape vines can exist, but our are well over 90 years old, since my grandfather moved them here in the twenties.
The Concord grape was first developed in Concord, Massachusetts in 1849 by Ephraim Wales Bull. It is said that he tested over 20,000 seedlings before he came up with the Concord grape. Later, this same grape was made even more famous by Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, the founder of the famous grape juice company. 
These have always been a favorite around here for juice, jam, jelly, and my grandmother's fabulous grape pie.
What they are not, is your everyday eating grape. We like them, but most people prefer the seedless varieties. Since our arbors are so old, we decided to take starts from them this year and propagate some new vines. These are relatively easy to get going, either from cutting off young sections and dipping the cut end in rooting hormone powder before planting them directly in the soil, or using the rooting gel as we did this year.
Pick a young tender shoot
Cut at leaf node
Put cutting through hole in plastic cover of rooting gel pot
It will take a couple of weeks, normally, to see some roots beginning to form. After they do, you can either plant them outside in a protected area, or in large pots until they get larger and stronger. These vines need to be planted eventually near some supports, fences, wire and posts, ect., to allow the vines to travel.
we inherited them. I do not have any statistics on how long grape vines can exist, but our are well over 90 years old, since my grandfather moved them here in the twenties.
These have always been a favorite around here for juice, jam, jelly, and my grandmother's fabulous grape pie.
What they are not, is your everyday eating grape. We like them, but most people prefer the seedless varieties. Since our arbors are so old, we decided to take starts from them this year and propagate some new vines. These are relatively easy to get going, either from cutting off young sections and dipping the cut end in rooting hormone powder before planting them directly in the soil, or using the rooting gel as we did this year.
Pick a young tender shoot
Put cutting through hole in plastic cover of rooting gel pot
It will take a couple of weeks, normally, to see some roots beginning to form. After they do, you can either plant them outside in a protected area, or in large pots until they get larger and stronger. These vines need to be planted eventually near some supports, fences, wire and posts, ect., to allow the vines to travel.
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