To successfully grow a vine from seeds, you need to be patient, because this process is long and time-consuming. It will be necessary to choose a suitable variety, wait for the berries to fully ripen, skillfully separate the bones from the pulp, and determine their viability. The conditions under which it will grow are important for seedling growth.
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Selection of seeds and varieties
Is it possible to grow grapes from seeds? There is no difficulty in growing grape bushes from seeds. Sometimes a strong vine grows from a randomly thrown seed.
Before germinating seeds, you need to understand what kind of variety is needed, what it will be intended for. If the final goal is wine, then wine varieties are chosen, other types will be needed for raisins. Just enjoy the taste and eat berries pick up sweet fleshy grape varieties. For decoration, any kind of vine is suitable.
A good harvest depends on the weather and climatic conditions in which the grapes will be grown. To select a variety, its characteristics are established, in which geographical area it can grow and which species can bear fruit in the region. Recommended varieties for growing seeds:
Theoretically, the vine can be grown from any mature seed. Hybrids are best suited for this purpose. They are resistant to disease and can survive frosts and cold. Preferred early ripe grapes of early varieties 95-110 days of ripening.
Grapes grown from seeds may differ in properties from the mother bush. The main condition for picking berries is that they must be tied from female flowers. The vine then has a better chance of parental heredity.
What crop should be expected?
Berries grown from seed may differ in taste from grapes from which seeds were taken. Grapes begin to bear fruit for 3-4 years after planting in the garden. The crop will not be plentiful and the first clusters may not be so large and sweet. But there is a chance that in the future the crop will rise.
Preparing seeds for planting
Having selected ripe berries, the seeds are extracted, freeing them from the pulp. Then the seeds are washed well. After soaking for 2-3 hours, the flesh lags better. Then stratification is carried out in order to increase seed germination. Usually they start from mid-December, so that by June the seedlings can be transferred to open soil.
Stratification process:
- the resulting bones are sorted out, leaving large and healthy brown seeds;
- the selected seeds are placed in a damp cloth, transferred to a bag, transferred to the refrigerator for a month and a half;
- set the temperature 0 - +2 degrees;
- once a week, the bones are reviewed, if mold appears, they are washed;
- after 7-8 weeks, the bone membrane is cracked, the seeds are removed from the refrigerator.
The bones are laid out on wet gauze in a plate, put in a warm place. Covering the seed with gauze is optional. When small roots appear, you can plant seeds in the soil.
We grow grapes from seed
For prosperous growing grapes from seed You will need separate containers, nutrient soil, an ideal place and temperature conditions.Land can be purchased at the store, but it is easy to prepare it yourself.
Landing Stages:
- prepare an earthen mixture, mix the earth from the garden, humus, sand in equal proportions;
- soil must be breathable;
- prepare individual containers with drainage holes: pots, glasses, containers;
- drainage is poured into the bottom of the pot, then soil is poured;
- sprouted seed is deepened into the ground to 1.5 cm, sprinkled with earth, watered;
- cover the container with film material until sprouts appear.
How to grow grapes from seed at home?
A place for seedlings is chosen on the windowsill closer to the light. The south side of the house will do. The optimal room temperature is 18-20 degrees. At night no lower than 14 * C. Seedlings appear after 8-10 days.
When grown indoors, the seedling is transferred to a pot with a capacity of 3-4 liters. In winter, they provide seedlings with additional lighting. You can grow houses on the balcony up to 2 meters, further development should take place on open soil.
Plant care
The main care is:
- in watering
- top dressing,
- loosening
- providing daylight hours of at least 8-9 hours.
Moisturize the earth as it dries, increased humidity causes fungal infections. For watering, it is better to use a spray gun.
Top dressing is carried out once every 10-12 days. Phosphorus additives alternate with nitrogen or potash.
Special lighting extends daylight hours on short winter days. Be sure to inspect the seedlings for availability harmful insects, especially likes her spider mite.
Outdoor transplant and vine care
Landing Stages:
- A place on the site is selected sunny, hidden from the winds, so that groundwater does not pass close to the surface of the earth.
- The soil should be light, drained, good air permeability.
- A pit is made 1.5 m deep, seedlings are planted 2 meters apart.
- Before planting the young, the holes are moistened, a seedling is transferred to them, sprinkled with earth and compacted.
- The earth around the holes is watered.
- Landing is done in warm, dry weather.
- Each plant is set trellis or any support, later the shoots are tied to them.
In the first year of life, grapes are regularly watered, especially on dry days - 2 times a week a bucket of water is poured under the bush. They fill the hole with soil, slightly loosen the ground.
Loosening the soil and harvesting weed is a mandatory procedure throughout the summer. Grass contributes to the spread of harmful insects.
In the first year of life, a grape bush grows to 1.5-2 meters in height. A fruiting plant is formed in the third year of life.
Tips & Tricks
Young plants are planted on the south side, closer to the walls of the house. Stones are laid around the vine.
If sand prevails on the site, then the vine is planted in trenches. On clay and loam, it is recommended to plant grapes on the ridges.
For irrigation and top dressing, plastic bottles with a cut bottom are installed between the seedlings.
In the first year of life, young animals can be left in the container in which they grew up at home. Buckets are not completely buried in the ground, they are taken out for the winter, transferred to the basement, and already in the spring bushes are planted in the ground without packaging.
Annual shoots tied up horizontally, then they will grow all the same.
A week before the expected flowering, watering is stopped.
Need to make drainage grooves. Wet leaves and too moist soil should not be allowed.
In the first years of life, seedlings need shelter for the winter. The shoots are removed from the trellis laid on the ground and covered with spruce branches, a layer of spunbond or a film.
Reviews
Svetlana, 39 years old
If there is time to prepare the seeds for planting, and then to grow seedlings, then it is worth trying the seed method of growing vines. I did this because I did not find the seedlings and cuttings of the variety I needed, and I wanted to grow my own vine bush. I decided to try to germinate the seeds from the grapes I bought in the market. Not all seeds sprouted, but those that were taken gave the first bunches for 4 years of life, to taste they were the same as those that they bought. There were very few of them, but this is my achievement, and I am glad that I did it.
Sergey, 44 years old
I have been making wine for a long time, at first I made it for myself, but soon the first customers appeared. He wanted to plant the Red Delight grape variety, but could not find seedlings. I had to buy grapes, separate the seeds, wash them and soak them. I didn’t keep seeds in the cold. Single specimens ascended, I had to tinker with them, worried that the grapes would be of a different taste. Three bushes began, now I have my own Delight, I am glad that the experiment was a success.
Growing a vine from a seed is a long process that takes a lot of time and effort. It does not always bring the desired result. But if you want to experiment, develop a new variety, engage in selection, then it is worth a try. Priceless experience is gained and a feeling of satisfaction from the work done appears.
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