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  • Re: Growing grapes from seeds - help please.

    From Mccleary91@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 1 21:02:14 2023
    How did this turn out? I have some seeds from seedless grapes and was going to plant them. Thanks!

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  • From David E. Ross@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 3 17:57:52 2023
    On 3/1/2023 1:02 PM, Mccleary91 wrote:
    How did this turn out? I have some seeds from seedless grapes and was going to plant them. Thanks!


    European grapes are generally propagated by grafting onto North American root-stocks. The root-stocks are merely rooted cuttings of North
    American native varieties. This is because European grapes are subject
    to severe damage (even death) when attacked by a plant louse that feeds
    on European roots. Native North American grapes are apparently immune
    and thus propagated directly from rooted cuttings.

    However, I have three different European vines growing in my back yard.
    These were all rooted cuttings. Yes, they have European roots. If
    squirrels, raccoons, and birds do not get them, they produce abundant
    crops. One year, the 'Flame' vine -- just one and not a vineyard --
    produced about 5 gallons of ripe grapes.

    Since most grape varieties are hybrids, any viable seeds will not likely produce plants that resemble the variety that produced the seeds.

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    David E. Ross
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