Grape Vine !!!!!

[earthakitten]

I am a first time veg grower and am thoroughly enjoying it. I now have grand designs for a vine. Does anyone know if I can grow an eating grape vine. My greenhouse is 8 x 12' and unheated all year. Don't know what the temperature drops to in the winter but it has reached 110 this summer ! Do you think it's possible or should I keep my grand designs in my head ? xx

[hammerman]

It'll be perfect.....vines are hardy and will grow outdoors all year round. Have a search on the web or buy a good book on how to grow them properly. They are also very easy to grow from cuttings.

[Sphinx_Svens]

Like hammerman said .. shouldn't be a problem ... but 'eating' grapes ...what a waste ... hehehe

[earthakitten]

Thanks to you both , I'll certainly go and do some searching.
S_S ... what else would you suggest !!!

[Ethel]

SS is a person after my own heart.

Grapes are for wine, not food. :)

[earthakitten]

Ethel...I only have about six glasses of wine a year so I think I'll get more use as a food but you go ahead and have one on me ! xx

[Thunderbird+]

Apparently vines grow better if you plant the roots outside the greenhouse with the vine inside, obviously the hole needs to be well padded where it go's through,
Good Luck T bird+

[earthakitten]

Thanks T bird ...have just been looking at the sites on the right of the answers relating to my question, I've never noticed them before !!! Looks like I have quite a choice of vines, and seedless !!! xx

[Thunderbird+]

Your welcome earthakitten, just something I heared through the grape vine, te he. I never notice that stuff on the right either. I will from now on thanks. T bird+

[WendyS]

No earthakitten - get planting, but don't feel yourself restricted to planting a vine in a greenhouse if you're in the south of England. We have a four year old Reisling (green grape) variety planted against a south facing fence. Last year it generated about 130 small bunches of small but very sweet grapes which were perfectly edible but which we turned into wine. Just keep the area around the roots well manured. If you want to keep the vine in your greenhouse, try and somehow keep the roots outside because they can spread over a large area. I believe there is a very famous old black grapevine at Hampton Court which has entire greenhouse to itself but the roots are planted outside and the border in which it rests is just kept unplanted and manured. If you want to grow big black grapes, a greenhouse will be very suitable.

[earthakitten]

Thanks WendyS. I'm in Northamptonshie and I do think that we seem to be sheltered from any extremes in the weather. Kitten's excitement is building ... will let you know how I get on.
I've had some great advice from you all in the last week ! xx

[earthakitten]

PS. ... does anyone know why my Lisbon spring onions have not surfaced yet ? Sown about three weeks ago in trough with grow bag compost. Nothing! I thought they were a reasonably easy veg to do? Think again Kitten! xx

[WendyS]

earthakitten - I suspect your spring onions have been scorched to death in this heat and just haven't germinated. Try sowing another batch. I've sown them in succession up to September but the current heatwave is not conducive to some seeds germinating.