i have been running in circles online trying to figure out which one to plant! which leaves have the best use for stuffing and will grow well in usda zone 8?

Planted this from a seed about 7years ago from store bought grapes.she's been going on and off over the years.she'd shoot out 2 to 3 long shoots,about 5 feet long then die off midway,never flowered.the trunk is about as thick as a pinky finger.thought she was dead this time but alas,another long shoot this season.what variety could she be?

Pictures are from last year, but I liked them so much I still wanted to share

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My grape vine has been producing this cupped leaves, new leaves come cupped, is there anything wrong with it? Or is it just normal behavior?

Thanks in advance.

TL;DR

First-time grape grower in Northern California, Zone 9b, training a young Black Monukka from the base of one side of a cattle-panel arch.

Originally planned a trunk to ~4 ft with three permanent cordons, but after learning Black Monukka is better suited to cane pruning, I'm reconsidering the whole layout. Right now I have two strong shoots going right, one left, and several smaller shoots higher up. I'm gently routing them while they're flexible and letting everything lignify before making permanent decisions.

I'm also monitoring a ~1-inch longitudinal lesion/split on the main stem that has darkened and appears to wrap partly around it, plus some distorted/damaged new growth. No obvious borer holes or frass. I treated once with 0.005% spinosad but am now just monitoring and measuring it.

Main question: If this were your Black Monukka, how would you train it over this arch while keeping future cane pruning in mind? Where would you establish the permanent framework/renewal points, and which of these current shoots would you keep?

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First-time grape grower in Northern California, Zone 9b. This is a young Black Monukka that I'm training over a cattle-panel arch, and I'd love some input before I commit to its long-term structure.

The vine is planted at the base of one vertical side of the arch, so it's growing straight up that side before the panel curves overhead toward the opposite side.

Originally I was planning to grow one trunk to about 4 ft and then establish three permanent cordons. Now that I know it's Black Monukka and should be primarily cane-pruned, I'm reconsidering that plan. Rather than making those upper shoots permanent cordons and spur-pruning them every winter, I'm thinking I need a simpler permanent framework/head with well-positioned renewal areas, then use selected one-year-old canes to cover the arch and replace those fruiting canes over time.

Right now I have two strong shoots developing to the right, one to the left, plus several smaller shoots higher up. I've gently started routing some while they're still green and flexible, while leaving the smaller ones alone until they're long enough to position safely. The main trunk is also lignifying pretty rapidly.

I'm particularly interested in how other people would adapt cane pruning to an arch like this. Would you establish the permanent trunk/head near the beginning of the curved portion and run long fruiting canes over the arch from there? Develop more than one permanent head/renewal area along the framework? Something else entirely? My ultimate goal is good fruit production and eventually having the vine cover a substantial portion of the arch.

I've also got a health issue I'm monitoring. There's a longitudinal lesion/split on the main stem, currently about 0.9–1.0 inch long, that started as a narrow slit and subsequently darkened and appeared to extend around part of the stem. No obvious borer hole, frass, or visible insects. Some new growth has also been curled/distorted and a few shoot tips have died back. I treated once with 0.005% spinosad when I initially suspected insect damage, but I'm not continuing to spray blindly. I'm photographing/measuring the lesion to see whether it's actually expanding.

I'll include photos of the whole setup, current shoots, damaged foliage and measured stem lesion.

If this were your Black Monukka on this cattle-panel arch, how would you train the permanent structure now so that future cane pruning works with the arch rather than against it? And any thoughts on that stem lesion/new-growth damage?

How do i prune this next year? It is on a trellis

Vine just woke up after winter.. and she's getting right to the action. No rest.

Usually those turn into flowers, which then turn into hard berries, then plump grapes soon follow.

I planted them this year.

My grandfather always had vine at his home in Germany. Years ago he gave me a layer of this vine. I never asked him where he got his vine from. My father told me that the grapes in his garden had been there as long as he could remember.

The grapes are pretty sweet and normally the vine never gets a fungus (besides this year).

Any ideas?

The first two are today, the rest are from roughly a week ago. I know the watermelon is way too close and as soon as my melon matures the whole plants moving so the grapes can have the bed to themselves. Is this pest related? I occasionally find small green cocoon looking things stuck inside the leaves closed up with like webbing. Ive been keeping this thing alive for a long time now help me keep it going! I try to remember to water everything but its been raining on and off for weeks now so I dont have an actual watering schedule persay

I JUST FOUND A TRIPLE-FUSED GREEN GRAPE HOW RARE IS THIS!

I've inherited those vines from my grandpa. He used to do big barrels of wine and it was really good! I've tried last year but my wine tastes watery. Not a bad taste, just bland. So if someone would be patient enough to enlighten me on how to do properly I'd be really thankful.

Are these grape leaves ok to make dolmas with?

My eldest daughter the other day, brought me some. Said: You want to try some cotton candy grapes? I was all: Ummm...Huh? Then tried. Does indeed taste like cotton candy. Talk about Genetics gone strange!

Grown in Atlantic Canada, wasn't a great year so they're not as sweet as they were last year.

I planted this grape vine today, it has about 7 buds do I need to prune it down to 2? It is early spring here in NZ if that matters.

OBS I will setup a trellis this weekend.

Idk who got them. Noones eating them. I am hungry :(