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When To Plant Muscadines. Greg Ison from Isons Nursery Vineyard demonstrates how to plant a muscadine vine. Muscadine seeds can be purchased at a local nursery or harvested from the fruit left to dry and planted into rich organic soil. Bare-root muscadine vines are best planted in springtime. However for more and larger fruit water your plants weekly if you dont receive regular rainfall in the spring and summer when the fruit is developing.
In respect to this when should I plant muscadines. Early spring is the best time of year to plant new vines of muscadine grapes. They also prefer deep fertile well-drained soil with a pH between 6 and 65. For multiple vine planting space the plants a minimum of 10 feet apart or better still 20 feet apart in the row with 8 feet or more between rows. Dig a hole that is twice as deepwide as the root system of your grapevine at the base of a trellis post. Plant the vine at the same depth or a little deeper than it was in its pot.
A slower rate indicates poor draining soil and is a caution you need to improve drainage plant in a raised mound or bed or look for plants that are more tolerant of wet or boggy conditions.
To make things easier on tender young fruit the University of North Carolina recommends waiting until there is no. Place the bare-root vine in the hole and fan out its roots. How To Plant Muscadines Muscadines thrive in the hot humid weather of the South. They are often eaten off the vine or used to. Feed with a balanced fertilizer 10-10-10 or. A slower rate indicates poor draining soil and is a caution you need to improve drainage plant in a raised mound or bed or look for plants that are more tolerant of wet or boggy conditions.