A grape arbor is a beautiful structure found in a garden that allows the grapes to vine around. When the grapevines have completely taken over the structure, it provides a shaded passageway leading into a garden. A grape arbor can even be placed in the center of a garden to act as a ma...
Grapes grow on vines that require support to thrive. A grape vine will not grow properly on the soil and will not support its own weight. Building supports for grape vines is vital to the proper development of the plant. Build the grape vine supports at the time of planting or at the b...
The grape trellis is the support that allows the grape vine to produce a heavy crop. The grape vine itself is soft and not very strong, and it cannot grow upright by itself. A modern vineyard trellis system uses high tensile steel wires with industrial bracing. For the home garden, you c...
We also relocated two grape vines to the inside perimeter fence: a white seedless variety, and a concord variety. In the center of the garden is a strawberry planter. While they don’t have any sort of visual impact yet, we have a watermelon and several zucchini planted directed in the ...
In the second year of growth,select two lateral shootsto serve as cordons or lateral branches trained to grow along a wire, arbor, or whatever other trellis you select. While you can select more than two shoots to act as cordons, stopping at two keeps the plant manageable. Let the cordo...
For the image below, I wanted to create a nice background blur while shooting some grape hyacinths. I didn’t have too many flowers to choose from, so I got low to the ground – I was practically lying face down in the flower bed! – and I shifted my camera back and forth until ...
There are several factors to be considered when choosing an appropriate grape vinetrellisforlandscapingand gardening purposes. In order for the structure to be as effective as possible, it must be made of durable, long lasting materials, placed in an appropriate location, and used with the ...
You'll also need a trellis of some kind to lift the grape vines up off the ground, You can order one or build your own. They can be freestanding, up against a wall, or an arbor over a walkway… this is your home – put one wherever you would like!
Beware, though: as we’ve learned the hard way, fertilizing year after year can cause nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium to build up in the soil to counter-productive levels. That’s why we always recommend getting a soil test before you fertilize. Testing is available through your ...
Fox grapes are native to eastern North America and grow well here. Popular varieties of fox grapes include the Concord grape. When you grow fox grapes in your garden, you won’t have too much trouble with soil that tends to stay a bit wet. However, you will want to grow these grapes ...