We have a grape vine growing on my fence (that we didn’t plant). Just wanted to know some tips on how to upkeep my grape vine. It has a lot vines and thick, if that might help.
If you did not plant this grape vine, and the previous owner did not plant it, it is probably a wild one. The only thing you can do with wild grapes is make jelly, and be sure to use extra sugar. Wild grapes never get big and juicy, or sweet. They can also be a very invasive plant. I have dealt with wild grapes a good part of my adult life, both at home and in the parking lots of places I have worked. Don’t worry about killing them; if they have become established, they are hard to kill.
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I love plants, especially fruit bareing ones, however, I just bought a house with a grape vine growing on the fence, it has become very large and VERY heavy. The fence is leaning and the tops of the fence is breaking off. also the moisture is rotting the fence so sadly I had to remove it. Now the fence is in horrible disrepair and I don’t know what Im going to do. Maybe you could cut it back some and train it to grow somewhere that is made to support it (assuming the fence isn’t made to support it). Our fence is a 6 ft wood privacy fence.
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I agree but, if you want to keep it trim it after the weather turns cold like in Dec. If you want to kill it trim it in the spring.
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If you did not plant this grape vine, and the previous owner did not plant it, it is probably a wild one. The only thing you can do with wild grapes is make jelly, and be sure to use extra sugar. Wild grapes never get big and juicy, or sweet. They can also be a very invasive plant. I have dealt with wild grapes a good part of my adult life, both at home and in the parking lots of places I have worked. Don’t worry about killing them; if they have become established, they are hard to kill.
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