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- culnatchee - 02-14-2003
Ok experts, don't laugh at me. I live in Michigan and am interested in growing a few vines. I know its a couple of year process. Any websites or addresses where I can get some seeds and start growing this spring?
- mrdutton - 02-15-2003
Try Burpee.............
More than a couple of years if you start with seeds.
Usually one starts with root stocks and then it takes a few years for the root stock to generate into productive vines.
Kinda like roses. Never planted a rose seed, but put plenty of root stock into the ground only to have them fail.......
I dont remember the specific campus, I think it is University of California, Davis. Get in touch with them and you will learn a lot. (Just touching base with them you will learn a lot more than I know!!)
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- Kcwhippet - 02-15-2003
Here's a Michigan State web site that lists the best grape varieties for your area - www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modfr/26439701.html. Also, go to www.michiganwines.com. You'll find all the wineries in Michigan. Go to or contact one near you and ask where they get their grape stock.
- Thomas - 02-15-2003
See if you can find the Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service in Michigan--usually run by a university.
Before that, however, you should get a book or two. Grapes Into Wine, by Phillip Wagner, is a good place to start. It's an old book, but it should be available at your library.
Incidentally, just about all grapevines are hybrids of some sort; if you plant a seed, you might get a vine that represents one of the many parents and relatives of the seeds you planted, but you won't necessarily get the vine you wanted. You must use rootstock.