Making a grapevine cutting with Jaison Kerr of Kerr Farm Wine.wmv

Jaison Kerr of Kerr Farm Wine at Kumeu, New Zealand shows you how to make a grapevine cutting so you can grow on cuttings from rare and unusual grapevines. Build up a selection of grapevines for home wine making or grapes to eat. It is a simple job to do and very rewarding http://www.kerrfarmwine.co.nz

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Howto & Style

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• Grapevine cuttings
• grapevine pruning
• winemaking grapes
• vineyards and vines
• new zealand
• Pinotage
• Chardonnay
• Cabernet Sauvignon

[jaisonk1]

Yes it is possible to graft grapevines, in fact most wine grapevines are grafted onto Phylloxera resistant rootstock. The graft can be a simple V graft to a omega graft which uses a machine to cut the joint. This job is done during winter dormancy Not sure what you mean by does the wood slip in spring? Re ask the question. I also have a video on grapevine pruning.

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Cheers Jaison

[marginallymental]

Greetings from a wife of a  fellow fruit grower (cherry, pear and apple )in the US! I stupidly threw a Concord grape in a ratty part of my yard two years ago, and it's taken off like a wildfire. Can I transplant it? Also, we have access to a family Thompson Seedless plant--can I graft it to an old rootstock? You'd be surprised how little info I can find on table grape growing! PS: I made wine accidentally from cherries once...canning gone bad....smooth, snappy and delicious! Thank you.

[jaisonk1]

@marginallymental Yes you can transplant it. Best done in the winter during dormancy.Trim the vine back to two or three canes with 4 or so buds on each. It is good if you can wrench the vine, that is cut the roots with a spade on two of four sides leave for a couple of weeks then spade wrench the other two sides. This makes it not such a shock for the plant. Then plant it were you want it in the early spring and off it will go

[jaisonk1]

@marginallymental Grafting the Thompson seedless on to old rootstock, I would say yes, but difficult, because of the difference in plant size if the roostock is a big old plant. Maybe you could take a cutting from the rootstock and grow it on for a year to get some roots then graft it to the Thompson scion of the same size.

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[zobcity01]

I read a while ago about something called callousing the botton part that was cut. Do you ever find in your experiences a need to do this ?

Or just a basic cut and pot the stem seem to be just as effective for next years plants.

Thx.

[jaisonk1]

@zobcity01 I think callousing is usually done by a commercial nursery to speed up the joining of a grafted vine at the graft. If callousing the the cut I think this will inhibit root growth. Hope this helps Jaison

[koertje]

Thanks , so interesting. I am living in France now and I am collecting varieties grapes.

32 varieties now, mostly on a rootstock, but today I did a few on the method you showed.

So I want to ask you something about doing it direct on the place where you finally want them to grow, As I am told that trees grow the best if they stay on the place were they were seeded, because the first roots go deeper.

Do you think that also goes for grapes?

[ponkuna]

This is a very good informative video and I had some questions and send it to Jaison and received reply within 12 hours with a detail information .

Thanks Jaison

Kuna

Toronto, Canada

[allenjc41]

I picked up some pointers. Laying the cutting with the bottom end down sometimes gets mixed up and the slanted cut at the top makes it so easy. I also cut my scions with only two buds - I reasoned one below the soil and one above. I imagine I'll have more success now after your video. We don't graft grapes much in Washington for the home gardener or the commercial vineyards as there are only a few small areas of pylox. They do graft whole vineyards over for a change to the trendy grape.

[GrowSomethingGreen]

Awesome video,

[pennstateyellowjacke]

Jason,

Do you ever use rooting hormone to help root the cuttings, or is that not necessary with grapes?

[marginallymental]

Is it even possible to graft grapes? I guess that's what I'm really asking. Does the wood slip in spring like other plants?