Pruning Muscadine Grape Vines, Session #3

John Marshall demonstrates how to prune old muscadine grape vines. John is the owner of goGardenNow.com, an online store for gardeners. He is also the owner of Marshall's Farm, a Pick-Your-Own fruit farm in southeast Georgia. He blogs about plants and gardening at goGardenNow.blogspot.com.

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Howto & Style

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• muscadine grapes
• pruning
• goGardenNow
• diy
• vineyard

[Pappy165]

I am trying to rejuvinate a very old muscadine grape vine in southeast GA.I noticed that you didn't cut the main trunk back to about 1 foot like I read about pruning old grape vines. Is that not recommended for muscadines? Also, can I cut it back like you showed or to about 1 foot now or is it too late/early? And with this much cut back...will I have muscadines this year or not? Thanks for your help.

[goGardenNow]

@Pappy165 In this case, it wasn't necessary to cut back that far. It's not too late to prune. You probably won't have many grapes, especially if you cut back hard.

[Wrenblood]

Thanks for the insight! I'm in northeastern GA and currently trying to salvage a really old mess of muscadine vines and this was very helpful.

[goGardenNow]

@Wrenblood I'm glad you found it useful. Let me know if you have any questions.

[villamay1]

Thank you for sharing your great information! You do a very good job of telling and showing how to do it! Does muscadines appear on the new growth that comes on after pruning in the spring or will it be the next year before new growth produces fruit?

[goGardenNow]

@villamay1 The grapes will appear on the new growth that comes on after pruning in the spring.

[goGardenNow]

@dwiggs77 You are correct. The vineyard had been abandoned. The variety is Higgins.

[dwiggs77]

what was it, an abandoned vineyard that the woods took over ? because it looks like in the background there is another row at the edge of the wood line. do you know the variety of that particular vine