What to do with grapes?

cjb02

Farway wrote: »

I have seen at Wisley grapes in similar buckets, they do need care, training & pruning, but it can be done. You will not get hundreds of bunches of course, but for a small garden or trial maybe worth a go ?

I should emphasise this method is not plant, leave & hope for the best, it requires care & attention at all times

I agree, it has had lots of attention this year. feeding, watering,pruning, grape thinning and training and it's been fun

angelavdavis

I found a recipe for grape jelly (jam) and thought of you:

http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/grape-jam-recipe-83

Davesnave

Where I used to live, someone has a black, seeded grape, which grows over their wall and into an alley. The grapes there get very little sun and no attention whatever, but they are ripe by early September, and very sweet. They reach a reasonable size, but obviously, not as huge as those imported from Mediterranean regions.

No idea what the variety is, but mine is growing away nicely now....:D

supercat92

Grape juice.There should be cakes that you can incorporate grapes into.

jeferey

I picked my grapes 2 weekends ago and got some lovely grape juice from them.
Mine is a red juice variety and is in it's third summer in it's current position. I grow it up a fence and along some trellis - I don't thin it or the bunches while it is growing. My mother had it for some years before that. I only got enough to make one bottle of wine (I would have to invest in a press to get more juice out of them) so I drank it instead!

nancy17

Angelavdavis - thanks for the recipe sounds wonderful!

Primrose

We have a Reisling grape vine. I planted it with the intention of making wine from the grapes, which we have done in several years but this year we can't be bothered and because the grapes are very small and seedless I'm going to try slow drying them to turn them into sultanas.
If the grape vine wasn't the variety you thought it was going to be and you want a genuine eating grape, you're probably better cutting your losses and getting another vine which will produce what you want, rather than suffering years of a vine which produces grapes which are of no use to you. Go to a reputable fruit supplier for it.

There's always a temptation to pick grapes too early in this country. I'm going to leave mine on the vine as long as possible to benefit from any late autumn sun we may get and will only pick them the day before the first night frost is forecast. Unless you're prepared to spend a lot of time in Spring snipping out some fruit from each bunch to allow the remainder of the grape to have more space, you will always end up with smaller grapes.