400kg of grapes off 3 plants at 51N this year…

[UK_Palms]

This year has been insane for my grape vines. I only have 3 vines at my allotment, which is right out in the countryside with no UHI and exposed to colder nights. Yet the production has been ridiculous this year and I haven’t done anything. No feeding or maintenance. I haven’t even tied them up or supported the vines with many of them just trailing along the ground. All I do is cut the stems back in December and then I harvest the grapes in August/September. One of the white grape plants is gigantic as well with about 20 arm sized clusters of grapes.

The photos below show 2 of my 4 harvests this season…

 

I harvested most of the purple ones early as I was scared that somebody would steal them at my allotment, which happened last year while I was away on holiday/vacation.

 

These ones are fully 100% ripe and the best tasting grape that I have ever had in my entire life!

 

Again I only have 3 plants and they have only been in the ground since 2021-22. They aren’t big branched things trailing along a wall or building like some of the ones you see. These are just 3 smallish individual plants out in the open at my allotment.

It has been a phenomenal year.

[Ben G.]

3 hours ago, UK_Palms said:

This year has been insane for my grape vines. I only have 3 vines at my allotment, which is right out in the countryside with no UHI and exposed to colder nights. Yet the production has been ridiculous this year and I haven’t done anything. No feeding or maintenance. I haven’t even tied them up or supported the vines with many of them just trailing along the ground. All I do is cut the stems back in December and then I harvest the grapes in August/September. One of the white grape plants is gigantic as well with about 20 arm sized clusters of grapes.

The photos below show 2 of my 4 harvests this season…

 

I harvested most of the purple ones early as I was scared that somebody would steal them at my allotment, which happened last year while I was away on holiday/vacation.

 

These ones are fully 100% ripe and the best tasting grape that I have ever had in my entire life!

 

Again I only have 3 plants and they have only been in the ground since 2021-22. They aren’t big branched things trailing along a wall or building like some of the ones you see. These are just 3 smallish individual plants out in the open at my allotment.

It has been a phenomenal year.

That is awesome production! I had three grapevines at my previous home in Oklahoma. I loved harvesting my own grapes, but I never came close to that much production in a season though. Congratulations.

[happypalms]

Good score, start your press up and get a bottling.