Hi Jeff I grew Up in coastal Carolina and was 8th gen. My Grandparents loved Muscadine grapes and i wanted to share a recipe of theirs with you. It is called Muscadine Grape Hull Jelly. They would eat the grapes and save the hulls. Grandma would wash the hulls and add them to a pot with water, and sugar, and cook them for 6-8 hrs until the grape hulls were broken down. They would then put this into mason jars and store in the fridge , and use every morning at breakfast. The sugar is to taste and you cook until they reach a thick jelly like consistency.
I live 1 hr. east of Los Angeles and this (2021) ia my 3rd year with muscadines and concord grapes. I bought a muscadine plant from Ison's in April 2018 by october 2018, I had 3 grapes. Just enough to examine and taste. Year 2019, I gave away sooooo many and still 2 gallon bags in the freezer. 2020 loaded again. 2021September 20 In 1 week I was able to pick 24lbs this week I may continue juicing them and grownig the seeds
Greetings from Alabama! Love my muscadines. This year 2020 they have tripled produced and have climbed up 2 huge trees in our backyard. Jelly and wine will be plentiful this year! And off the scale...
I grew up eating these grapes, we called them " bullet grapes" If you eat too many of them they do not "hurt" your mouth but your lips will itch like crazy lol ..love them still at 45 yrs old.
I just tried them for the first time! I had about 6 and my lips are itching!! Hehe, they do taste quite good though. The skin has a flavor that reminds me of something I can't quite place...
Cheers from raleigh NC! just was on my way to the grocery store the other day and noticed a fence along the sidewalk loaded with muscadine, on my way back got half a plastic grocery bag full :D. A few years ago i learned about resveratrol which to my knowledge is an amazing antioxidant and apparently muscadine have some of the highest concentrations of this super antioxidant. I believe they did a study where they were running mice/rats on little treadmills and the control rats would get tired and stop and the ones they gave resveratrol showed much greater stamina and endurance.
Every year I cannot wait until Aug/Sept so I can find and eat these grapes. I have many spots with different wild varieties that I know will produce many grapes in and near wooded areas. Also, this fall, I will plant my own vines as well. Great video, thanks.
Until Friday I had never seen Muscadine Grapes in person, I have found them in an Asian grocery store. I think that I have seen the plants in a park, yet there were no grapes on them. I don't like the seeds, other than the seeds I like them. They are not even much sour. They were some green variety. One was actually pretty sweet.
We've had such a dry growing season in North Carolina but, the muscadines have done really well.So far, we've picked about 8 gallons. Looking forward to making some jelly. Nice job on the video Jeff.
They're not "grapes", they're in the same genus (Vitus) as grapes. They share a common ancestor with the plant you would call a grape, but they're two distinct fruits which by virtue of relation, share similar characteristics.. Grapes are near east/European, muscadines are native to the SE U.S.
Out house came with a 50 Foot row of muscadine vines with various types. The vines seem to have begun overtaking the pine trees to the East. I take care of the 50 foot row and they produce large quantites. The wild vines i cannot prune so less production but still some good grapes from them. This year we are in the middle of making about 5 Gallons of wine from our picking...so exicited to drink it in the next few months!!! Great video.
Really wish we could grow these mighty muscadines here in Michigan! We recently heard of them and their health benefits, and are taking the capsules that contain the seeds and skins. The juice is wonderful- love the flavor, but the antioxidants are mainly in the seeds and skins. Maybe we should move to North Carolina;)
I love them, I eat them ^ ^ I like the green ones too they are so good!! And I like the part where you hit the jackpot in North Carolina with muscadines ^ ^ .. ; ) thankyou for the video!! ; )
Growing up partly between Louisiana and Texas I came to love the Muscadines. They are good from the vine, cold, jellies/jams or even made into wine. I have looked for plants and would love to grow them but they are not available locally. Maybe if I went to Houston I could get them but I'm out in the rural areas and no-one sells plants here.
@@richardturner6981 no clue! I would just buy it many years ago. Wish I could drink it but I am allergic now! I'm sure you can find it in any grocery store, its common in the Carolinas. I hope you can figure it out and make some.
Good video, I'm from sheldon east Houston but now live in Cleveland north of Houston. I live on 8 acres and have a few grape vines that I have not got any grapes off of yet. I'm just trying to learn more about them. That grape withe seeds almost did you in! Looked like you done a Carolina reaper challenge.. 😂 anyways thanks for the video
Thanks making this great video . I live in Canada. After watching this video started thinking about grapevine growing on its own in my backyard Hegde. Started thinking may be that vine is muscadine grapes. Exactly same vine with bunches of grapes. I pulled those grapes
I've lived in Florida for 40 years cumulatively, beginning in 1963. There are two types of muscadines which seem endemic to my area. The big ones which grow singularly, and the much smaller ones which grow in small clusters. Scuppernongs will grow quite well here, but I don't believe they're endemic.
Hi Jeff, thank you for your work in this wonderful personal backyard gardening and for the invaluable knowledge you are willing to share. I've stumbled myself into this hobby and I'm getting more and more interested in this activity as I've found this is a great stress reliever apart from my full time job. So after I bought my home 6 months ago, the first major thing I did was I planted 5 different kinds of muscadines, all imported from Isons Nursery in Georgia. Apart from this I also placed 2 orange plants, 2 figs, 1 pomogrenade and a 3-1 low chill apple tree. It was quite a decent amount of research I had to do in order to find the right variety etc for our hot humid environment. And then I come across your videos, all validating what ever hard work and hours of research/effort that went into this. So I guess to take advantage of your self made expertise, I wanted to ask you if you have had fruitful success with other table variety grapes like Concord, Thompson etc or some new hybrid variety that experts at Texas A&M claim has resistance to Pierce disease called Red Victoria. Also any luck with Fuji in the apple realm ? Thank you. Derick Antony, Sugarland. dericantony@gmail.com
Derick, Thanks for the note. Yes, I have had success with the following grapes that show resistance to PD. Black Spanish, Lomento and Blanc Du Bois. All are wine grapes. To your point, any muscadine will be fine as will the concord.
Thank you for your reply Jeff. Good to know that Black Spanish, Lomento, Blanc Du Bois will have good production here. Nevertheless, I certainly am quite surprised and pleased to know that Concord will do well as well. Had been informed all along that Concord wont last long enough and won't fruit well in our hot humid Houston. Do you also mind if I ask which part of Houston you live, just to know if the chill factor is more in your favor if you live north such as Woodlands, Conroe etc ? -- Other than Anna, Doresett Golden apples, have you tried planting Fuji/ Gordon / Gala / Sundowner / Carnivale apple trees by chance and any of them fruited satisfactorily as well ?
Jeff, Great video. Full of good info. At present my little one person growing facility has 22 varieties of muscadine Vines. I mostly sell "Starter Vines" and ship them through out the Southern states. My biggest problem is that I usually sell out.
+www.MuscadinesAndMore.com - I will check out your site. That is awesome. Don't you agree with how much antioxidants and good stuff is in the skin and seeds of these grapes?
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) I put out a News letter every month or so. At present I have 362 subscribers, but last month 513 opened or read my News Letter. Would you have a problem if I put in a section called "Videos You Should Watch" and put a link to your video so that all of my subscribers can learn from you?
I've never seen them that color of red. The muscadine has always fascinated me. I actually think the forests of east central NC should be termed a muscadine forest. They are absolutely everywhere. They might not be obvious at first, but literally all of the forests I've ever been in have the canopies enveloped with the muscadine grape.
At my old elementary school there was a 40 foot long price of land ABSOLUTLY OVERGROWN WITH MUSCADINE GRAPES literally there's millions of vines and grapes in North Carolina!
I have always had tons of muscadines all over my property. A neighbor asked me if he could dig up a couple of vines for his property since I had so many. Of course, I said sure. The next day, he calls me out to see something. It turns out that it was all one vine. I traced it into the woods and a found where it originated. The vine is 9 inches in diameter. I wondered how old this thing could be, so I did some research. The property has been my family’s since the end of the civil war. Pictures of the property take it back, at least, to the 20’s. I want to call Guinness.
I found some a muscadine group or 2 in a trail I'm my backyard and I always knew they where grapes but I just noticed the fruits and they are delicious
you are right lots of birds and animals eat them thats how they get scattered out in the woods and fields they drop the seeds nd they sprout they are immune to just about everthing you never see vine with a problem the must have a male and a female ??? vine i had several vines near my home that never bear fruit ...---
i always have two bird nest in my scuppernongs everyear i clean tem out in the fall i watch momma bird feed them bugs in the spring and summer if i go out there she sits on the wire till i leave
Hey! Thanks for this video. I put a purple variety and a white variety in the ground last week. I'm real close to the Gulf and you know what that's like for summer growing.
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Scuppernong is a variety of the muscadine grape. It has a thicker skin and fun to eat by piercing the skin and squeezing the grape pulp into your mouth. Then I like to chew on the skin, yum! Spent summers in N.C.
scuppernong,s were named after they were found growing near the scuppernong river in N C about 100 yrs ago i read this some place i have the bronze and black for polination
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) Do you have to grind up the seeds to make the good stuff bioavailable for your body's absorption? It seems that if they are swallowed whole, they'll just pass through without leaving any nutrient/protective value for our bodies.
I grew up in south georgia and they grow wild...one thing though when picking them out of the you really have to awake of snakes..they hide under them for shade
i love the unique flavor taste of scuppernong grapes, and ev'ry summer i can get these grapes in NYChinatown about only $2/lb not sure if we can grow them in the north like NYS...
Oh my! How did you keep a straight face chomping that muscadine grape!? You must be a pro! I call them "bitters" when eaten that way, like what you take to stimulate digestion before a meal. You can almost feel your liver squeeze a good one when you crunch those seeds! I am playing around with oriental recipes this year and have made an umeboshi type pickle of unripe scuppernongs. Medicinal strength vine-crafting! Love them!
They grow well in Tennessee, too. Unfortunately, opossums love them, also. They eat them just like we do, eating the soft pulp and leaving the skin behind. In order to get the full benefit of the grape and skins, I juice them in a slow juicer, freeze the juice, and drink a very small glass each day.
Great Video. We had them in Mississippi. You mentioned all the colors they come in. The also come in different sizes. Most are about the size of a grape, but we had some that were twice as big. Maybe because we lived deep deep deep in the woods.
Jeff missed the bronze varieties. ;) Ison's has one now that is the size of silver dollars but they've been working on breeding them for 3 generations. Lots of varieties.
I was just going to mention some strains are breed for specific uses. You mentioned 'tart' that is more of the wine types like 'Carlos' that is the standard commercial wine variety. In your video on in SC, the vines without fruit are males. If you haven't check out the 'mother vine' it is in Roanoke Island SC. May well be the oldest grape vine in the world! They've been looking globally for decades now to find one even close without any success. Amazing vine if you look it up online read about it and there are some videos as well. The fact they don't have perfect flowers has allowed people to breed them for different type qualities without GMO modifications. It's sad that only southern people get to enjoy muscadines! So many people I've spoken with have never tasted one. Jeff, you might enjoy this page and their products - isons.com/muscadines.php
These grow at my office e at work in the tops of the pine trees. I took and extension ladder and a gopher pole today and tore down some vines to get ready to plant at the house. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm in GA with red clay soul, they should take pretty quickly. What's the best way to prep a vine to plant? Having a hard time finding info on cloning muscadines in particular.
if you have long vine cut it about 8 inchs put several pieces in a bottle on water make shur when you cut each piece which end is down dont try to root them upside down some folks scrape a littlt bark off the bottomabout 1 inch all the way around should see some growth 3/4 weeks if you get roots put in a cup with good top damp soil dont let it dry out 1 to a cup. good luck
I live in the Houston area, I have to strongly disagree. Now, granted everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, because of our heat and humidity, and somewhat cold (but not too cold) winters, this allows us to grow just about anything above the 11a USDA climate zone range. What I mean by that of course, is coconut palms, particular species of the Annona genus, and of course, the royal poinciana. I find the best plants to grow are from the 8a-10b range (blueberries, certain peach varieties, blackberries, tamarind, mango, many plants in the nightshade family, almost any plant in the Passiflora genus, etc.). This incredible combination allows significant growth from April-September. For the peaches and blueberries, that short winter is enough to sustain them. However, regarding the muscadine grape and all grapes for that matter. I will agree that the muscadine, mustang, and red flame are the only truly successful varieties if that is what you are referring to. I do have a question for you, however. This past year of 2016, the muscadine and mustang grapes were delayed on their fruit by 2 months. The only thing I can think of is excessive nitrogen deposits from the floods. The vines themselves prospered; yet, the fruit was rather late. Would you say this effect was from the nitrogen or?
Just a side point, but something that interests me where you video the wild Muscadines in among the native pines. I have a fascination, interest and practical application obsession with whole plant ecosystems. As a former commercial landscaper who didn't use commercial science-based synthetic inputs, but rather beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi for colonizing the plant root systems, I'm curious as to how much of the production success of the wild roadside muscadines you should is not only attributed to mycorrhizae, and beneficial bacteria, but also the other wild companion plants they are associated with ? One of the benefits for me not using fertilizers were the savings in money in the obvious purchase area, but also I didn't have the various pest problems for which these micro-organisms trigger an epigenetic immune system response in their hosts. It would be fun to experiment with differing strains, but I no long live in the States and Scandinavia is not favourable to the growing of any grapes period. Thanks for your video
Really good points, I wondered this last year when I was in NC. I saw these muscadines growing like crazy on the side of the roads and vining up the trees in an almost symbiotic manner. I think there is a lot to what you are saying. Thanks for the comments.
Not sure if you have ever heard of the Groasis waterboxx, but it has not been out that many years. But I recently wrote about it's effectiveness in establishing plants to have deep roots. I'm not so sure muscadines or concords have deep roots, but most other grape varieties do and this product is being used to establish vineyards in many dry hot areas creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.se/2016/06/groasis-waterboxx-desert-greening-root.html And I wrote about a vineyard in California which has taken environmental heat for cutting down oak trees from environmental activists, but no one has offered any solutions for a correction other than the usual activist hatred. But here is that post as well. I dealt with dryland farming vineyards and presently I am posting another article on science behind deep roots in grapevines and available technologies which may be of help. timeless-environments.blogspot.se/2016/07/justin-vineyards-oak-woodlands_2.html
Incredibly informative! Just curious if you grow them organically. If so, what do you use to fertilize. I live in Ga (though originally from Texas) and am betting they can be grown organically since they are native.
i have 200 ft of scuppernong gold and some black for polynation???? i had a bumper crop this year ps they love water and sunshine i never prune during the season the leaves draw the sweetness from full sun usually prune after xmas
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Good video, but at 2:40 (doesn't like any environment that gets frost) is incorrect. I live in mid Ga & until the last decade or so, heavy frosts were very common. And muscadines, especially the wild ones were not noticeably affected. I have had about a dozen varieties & only one (a Black Beauty) died, possibly due to frost.
I am new to central GA, married a gal from here and we are both widowed. We cleared out a ravine with wild pecans remaining that are long and tall compared to their cultured orchard types. I am thinking planting muscadines to grow up the trunks would be a good way to add value to our place and get a lot of nice grapes for wine and jelly. Do you think it would be too shady to grow good grapes this way?
does any body know how to get the seeds out of the scuppernongs without heating or cooking them ? to me they lose flavor when heated...my cousin makes strawberry jam without heating them and it is like eating a ripe fresh strawberry,,,,,i want to try to do it with muscadines and scuppernongs ,,,do they make a spinner or something to do it ,,,,help please
i'm polish live in poland i have had over 50 different species of vine.I'm interested in enolology I wonder why muscadine wasn't use in breeding programs.The most common is riparia,vitis rupestis ,amurensis or labruska .We cross them not for the taste but for ability of cold/disease resistance
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Live in NC It is middle of May, and every year my 3 large Vines have THOUSANDS of very small clusters of what appears to be infant grapes, BUT for the last 6 years these small clusters fall off by early June, with No grapes, except on a 4th Vine that is apx 10 years old. Does anyone tell me what is happening, and what I need to do?
Wilson Iron could be over producing, and stressing the vine. It will dump the fruit to relieve itself. You can try picking off surplus clusters to help reduce the load on the vine.
Jeff - I have tons of these grapes growing on a fenceline at my place. Two questions for you. Can they grow wild? Our place used to be my parent's, and I don't know if they planted these or if they grow wild. I know my mother used to make jelly and jam out of them! Also, are the grapes bright green before they mature? It's the beginning of summer and the ones I have on the vine are still bright green.
What is your opinion of the muscadines with the more tender skins? I have a baby Black Beauty and Ison as the self-fertile pollinator? I know almost nothing about muscadines.
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) Thanks for your fast reply. I was concerned that the muscadines with thinner skins might not be as chock full of nutrients as the ones with the thicker skins.
From 9 year old, JJ: My dad and I went for a bike ride and found ripe black sour and good muscadine grapes but it hurt meh lips LOLOLOL. PS I highly recommend it. PS again if ur house got flooded hope ur ok.
Muscadines a are not the same as scumpidongs (Scumpadines) Muscadines is the female and it is purple and big Scumpadines are the male and they are way sweeter and green and small but great video!!! Keep it up
+Caleb Aaron I was saying Scuppernong, which is a Muscadine grape variety. The scuppernong /ˈskʌpərˌnɒŋ/ is a large variety of muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia),[1] a species of grape native to the Southern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and larger and first known as the 'big white grape'.
+Caleb Aaron Please note that there are over 50+ different varieties of Muscadine varieties. Scuppernongs are only one type of many. The true scuppernong only comes in bronze and is a female.
if you want plant some just save the seeds plant in a sunny loc wet it some in time they will sprout -- a new free vine birds drop seeds every where the woods are full of wild muscadines no care at all takes about 3 yrs to have fruit
I eat my Muscadine grapes whole. They're very good and healthy for you. They're a little tart but very good anyhow. I'm going to try to make wine 🍷this year.
My vine will be loaded down and then I'll notice many of them green on the ground. I can't figure out why this happens. What has them falling on the ground before they get ripe.
I havn't noticed any disease. It's full, green, and looks healthy. We've gotten plenty of rain. There are some birds nesting in it, and there's a cat about. I sometimes wonder if it might be the cat climbing around in it trying to get at the birds.
Tart? Try Dublin Cellars Muscadine wine. Also Scuppernong is equal to Muscadine. Scuppernong is a type of Muscadine. a good analogy is a Boxers are Dogs but not all dogs are Boxers. Scuppernongs are Muscadines but not all Muscadines are Scuppernongs.
Hi Jeff I grew Up in coastal Carolina and was 8th gen. My Grandparents loved Muscadine grapes and i wanted to share a recipe of theirs with you. It is called Muscadine Grape Hull Jelly.
They would eat the grapes and save the hulls.
Grandma would wash the hulls and add them to a pot with water, and sugar, and cook them for 6-8 hrs until the grape hulls were broken down. They would then put this into mason jars and store in the fridge , and use every morning at breakfast.
The sugar is to taste and you cook until they reach a thick jelly like consistency.
thanks for the tip trying it now with the leftovers from my juicer....will update once i finish
Matt M how did it turn out
I live 1 hr. east of Los Angeles and this (2021) ia my 3rd year with muscadines and concord grapes. I bought a muscadine plant from Ison's in April 2018 by october 2018, I had 3 grapes. Just enough to examine and taste. Year 2019, I gave away sooooo many and still 2 gallon bags in the freezer. 2020 loaded again. 2021September 20 In 1 week I was able to pick 24lbs this week I may continue juicing them and grownig the seeds
Thank you. I live in Florida
Greetings from Alabama! Love my muscadines. This year 2020 they have tripled produced and have climbed up 2 huge trees in our backyard. Jelly and wine will be plentiful this year! And off the scale...
we used to sread sheets of plactic under those tall tree vines grab the vine shake it they just rain down easy to geather then off the sheets
We have plenty of wild muscadine grapes in Arkansas. Especially in the Ouachita Mountains.
i had to have grapes as a child due to iron def.my body so ihave been eat grapes scuppnongs -muscadines all my life i worked im 86 now still kicking
I grew up eating these grapes, we called them " bullet grapes" If you eat too many of them they do not "hurt" your mouth but your lips will itch like crazy lol
..love them still at 45 yrs old.
Bridgett Mitchell :you are right about that!! I ate all the time in Ga. !!!
Bridgett Mitchell i hate them @ 65 yrs old. I beat you by 20 years
I just tried them for the first time! I had about 6 and my lips are itching!! Hehe, they do taste quite good though. The skin has a flavor that reminds me of something I can't quite place...
I'm in Florida we called them bullets as well.
wow you are so right I lived in camden alabama and that is what we grew, and they did make my lips itch (lol)
Made a double batch of Muscatine jelly this past weekend. It is the best jelly that you can eat. I live in northeast Texas.
Cheers from raleigh NC! just was on my way to the grocery store the other day and noticed a fence along the sidewalk loaded with muscadine, on my way back got half a plastic grocery bag full :D. A few years ago i learned about resveratrol which to my knowledge is an amazing antioxidant and apparently muscadine have some of the highest concentrations of this super antioxidant. I believe they did a study where they were running mice/rats on little treadmills and the control rats would get tired and stop and the ones they gave resveratrol showed much greater stamina and endurance.
You are correct. They grow wild everywhere in NC!
Every year I cannot wait until Aug/Sept so I can find and eat these grapes. I have many spots with different wild varieties that I know will produce many grapes in and near wooded areas. Also, this fall, I will plant my own vines as well. Great video, thanks.
Until Friday I had never seen Muscadine Grapes in person, I have found them in an Asian grocery store. I think that I have seen the plants in a park, yet there were no grapes on them. I don't like the seeds, other than the seeds I like them. They are not even much sour. They were some green variety. One was actually pretty sweet.
We've had such a dry growing season in North Carolina but, the muscadines have done really well.So far, we've picked about 8 gallons. Looking forward to making some jelly. Nice job on the video Jeff.
Wow, very nice!!
Bought some at the farmers market Saturday, Wonderful. Sweet, not bitter.
Very interesting! I didn't know that about Muscadine grapes!
They're not "grapes", they're in the same genus (Vitus) as grapes. They share a common ancestor with the plant you would call a grape, but they're two distinct fruits which by virtue of relation, share similar characteristics.. Grapes are near east/European, muscadines are native to the SE U.S.
Out house came with a 50 Foot row of muscadine vines with various types. The vines seem to have begun overtaking the pine trees to the East. I take care of the 50 foot row and they produce large quantites. The wild vines i cannot prune so less production but still some good grapes from them. This year we are in the middle of making about 5 Gallons of wine from our picking...so exicited to drink it in the next few months!!! Great video.
Really wish we could grow these mighty muscadines here in Michigan! We recently heard of them and their health benefits, and are taking the capsules that contain the seeds and skins. The juice is wonderful- love the flavor, but the antioxidants are mainly in the seeds and skins. Maybe we should move to North Carolina;)
Excuse me, but do you know if its possible to purchase and grow these from seed?
@@chmchn I'm sorry, but I don't know. I do know that they require a warm climate. Hope you find your answer hun.
I q a great compilation of videos that should help on Grape Grower Folio
thank you for sharing.
I love those grapes. I eat them like 🍬
I love them, I eat them ^ ^ I like the green ones too they are so good!! And I like the part where you hit the jackpot in North Carolina with muscadines ^ ^ .. ; ) thankyou for the video!! ; )
Love it! Thanks for the great video! ♥
Growing up partly between Louisiana and Texas I came to love the Muscadines. They are good from the vine, cold, jellies/jams or even made into wine. I have looked for plants and would love to grow them but they are not available locally. Maybe if I went to Houston I could get them but I'm out in the rural areas and no-one sells plants here.
CommonSenseIsBeingLost - Go online to WillisOrchards.com. They have a good selection.
Mascadine makes the best wine!
@ somekindalady: How do you make wine 🍷 with them? I want to try to make wine 🍷this year with my Muscadine grapes.
@@richardturner6981 no clue! I would just buy it many years ago. Wish I could drink it but I am allergic now! I'm sure you can find it in any grocery store, its common in the Carolinas. I hope you can figure it out and make some.
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@@richardturner6981 same way you would regular grapes. Plenty of videos on yt
Thank you! I am in south Florida and just ordered one.
Good video, I'm from sheldon east Houston but now live in Cleveland north of Houston. I live on 8 acres and have a few grape vines that I have not got any grapes off of yet. I'm just trying to learn more about them. That grape withe seeds almost did you in! Looked like you done a Carolina reaper challenge.. 😂 anyways thanks for the video
Thanks making this great video . I live in Canada. After watching this video started thinking about grapevine growing on its own in my backyard Hegde. Started thinking may be that vine is muscadine grapes. Exactly same vine with bunches of grapes. I pulled those grapes
I've lived in Florida for 40 years cumulatively, beginning in 1963. There are two types of muscadines which seem endemic to my area. The big ones which grow singularly, and the much smaller ones which grow in small clusters.
Scuppernongs will grow quite well here, but I don't believe they're endemic.
Hi Jeff, thank you for your work in this wonderful personal backyard gardening and for the invaluable knowledge you are willing to share. I've stumbled myself into this hobby and I'm getting more and more interested in this activity as I've found this is a great stress reliever apart from my full time job. So after I bought my home 6 months ago, the first major thing I did was I planted 5 different kinds of muscadines, all imported from Isons Nursery in Georgia. Apart from this I also placed 2 orange plants, 2 figs, 1 pomogrenade and a 3-1 low chill apple tree. It was quite a decent amount of research I had to do in order to find the right variety etc for our hot humid environment. And then I come across your videos, all validating what ever hard work and hours of research/effort that went into this.
So I guess to take advantage of your self made expertise, I wanted to ask you if you have had fruitful success with other table variety grapes like Concord, Thompson etc or some new hybrid variety that experts at Texas A&M claim has resistance to Pierce disease called Red Victoria. Also any luck with Fuji in the apple realm ?
Thank you.
Derick Antony, Sugarland.
dericantony@gmail.com
Derick, Thanks for the note. Yes, I have had success with the following grapes that show resistance to PD. Black Spanish, Lomento and Blanc Du Bois. All are wine grapes. To your point, any muscadine will be fine as will the concord.
Thank you for your reply Jeff. Good to know that Black Spanish, Lomento, Blanc Du Bois will have good production here. Nevertheless, I certainly am quite surprised and pleased to know that Concord will do well as well. Had been informed all along that Concord wont last long enough and won't fruit well in our hot humid Houston. Do you also mind if I ask which part of Houston you live, just to know if the chill factor is more in your favor if you live north such as Woodlands, Conroe etc ?
-- Other than Anna, Doresett Golden apples, have you tried planting Fuji/ Gordon / Gala / Sundowner / Carnivale apple trees by chance and any of them fruited satisfactorily as well ?
Jeff, Great video. Full of good info. At present my little one person growing facility has 22 varieties of muscadine Vines. I mostly sell "Starter Vines" and ship them through out the Southern states. My biggest problem is that I usually sell out.
+www.MuscadinesAndMore.com - I will check out your site. That is awesome. Don't you agree with how much antioxidants and good stuff is in the skin and seeds of these grapes?
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) I totally agree about the antioxidants. That's what all of the research shows.
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) I put out a News letter every month or so. At present I have 362 subscribers, but last month 513 opened or read my News Letter. Would you have a problem if I put in a section called "Videos You Should Watch" and put a link to your video so that all of my subscribers can learn from you?
I've never seen them that color of red.
The muscadine has always fascinated me. I actually think the forests of east central NC should be termed a muscadine forest. They are absolutely everywhere. They might not be obvious at first, but literally all of the forests I've ever been in have the canopies enveloped with the muscadine grape.
I know they are all over NC! I think it is amazing!
At my old elementary school there was a 40 foot long price of land ABSOLUTLY OVERGROWN WITH MUSCADINE GRAPES literally there's millions of vines and grapes in North Carolina!
I have always had tons of muscadines all over my property. A neighbor asked me if he could dig up a couple of vines for his property since I had so many. Of course, I said sure.
The next day, he calls me out to see something. It turns out that it was all one vine. I traced it into the woods and a found where it originated. The vine is 9 inches in diameter. I wondered how old this thing could be, so I did some research. The property has been my family’s since the end of the civil war. Pictures of the property take it back, at least, to the 20’s.
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I found some a muscadine group or 2 in a trail I'm my backyard and I always knew they where grapes but I just noticed the fruits and they are delicious
i love them..but u did a good job hiding how bitter those seeds are..
These grow on the oak trees here in Dallas. I’m pretty sure Bats eat them.
WesleyAPEX sounds like mulberries but believe me I am no expert. My mother-in-law had a tree
you are right lots of birds and animals eat them thats how they get scattered out in the woods and fields they drop the seeds nd they sprout they are immune to just about everthing you never see vine with a problem the must have a male and a female ??? vine i had several vines near my home that never bear fruit ...---
i always have two bird nest in my scuppernongs everyear i clean tem out in the fall i watch momma bird feed them bugs in the spring and summer if i go out there she sits on the wire till i leave
Hey! Thanks for this video. I put a purple variety and a white variety in the ground last week. I'm real close to the Gulf and you know what that's like for summer growing.
It should do very well.
Appreciate video content! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you thought about - Lammywalness Green Grapes Guide (do a google search)? It is a great one off product for learning how to become a successful grape grower minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my old buddy Taylor at last got excellent results with it.
Scuppernong is a variety of the muscadine grape. It has a thicker skin and fun to eat by piercing the skin and squeezing the grape pulp into your mouth. Then I like to chew on the skin, yum! Spent summers in N.C.
the skin is indeed good for you lots good stuff in the skin one i like is its anti ageing its used in med.s
scuppernong,s were named after they were found growing near the scuppernong river in N C about 100 yrs ago i read this some place i have the bronze and black for polination
Thanks for the information. Eating the seeds now.
+Kenneth Hoang - Loaded with good stuff
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) Do you have to grind up the seeds to make the good stuff bioavailable for your body's absorption? It seems that if they are swallowed whole, they'll just pass through without leaving any nutrient/protective value for our bodies.
I grew up in south georgia and they grow wild...one thing though when picking them out of the you really have to awake of snakes..they hide under them for shade
i love the unique flavor taste of scuppernong grapes, and ev'ry summer i can get these grapes in NYChinatown about only $2/lb not sure if we can grow them in the north like NYS...
Oh my! How did you keep a straight face chomping that muscadine grape!? You must be a pro! I call them "bitters" when eaten that way, like what you take to stimulate digestion before a meal. You can almost feel your liver squeeze a good one when you crunch those seeds! I am playing around with oriental recipes this year and have made an umeboshi type pickle of unripe scuppernongs. Medicinal strength vine-crafting! Love them!
itsno1duh not all muscadines are overly bitter.
the muscadines in my area are very sweet but we eat them when they are ripe
We make homemade wine with em in Southern Georgia..
Enjoyed.
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They grow well in Tennessee, too. Unfortunately, opossums love them, also. They eat them just like we do, eating the soft pulp and leaving the skin behind. In order to get the full benefit of the grape and skins, I juice them in a slow juicer, freeze the juice, and drink a very small glass each day.
+Julie Slack - such a good idea and tasty drink!
I've always thrown away the skins and spit the seeds. Just how my mom taught me to eat them. I'll have to change that up and give the skins a shot.
I never see it sale in the stores
I have Never eat it before
I would love to try it
Walmart sell them
I love them I wish I could get them in my city
Great Video. We had them in Mississippi. You mentioned all the colors they come in. The also come in different sizes. Most are about the size of a grape, but we had some that were twice as big. Maybe because we lived deep deep deep in the woods.
+Picking Time Videos - Yes many muscadine varieties are larger than standard grapes.
Jeff missed the bronze varieties. ;) Ison's has one now that is the size of silver dollars but they've been working on breeding them for 3 generations. Lots of varieties.
I was just going to mention some strains are breed for specific uses. You mentioned 'tart' that is more of the wine types like 'Carlos' that is the standard commercial wine variety. In your video on in SC, the vines without fruit are males. If you haven't check out the 'mother vine' it is in Roanoke Island SC. May well be the oldest grape vine in the world! They've been looking globally for decades now to find one even close without any success. Amazing vine if you look it up online read about it and there are some videos as well. The fact they don't have perfect flowers has allowed people to breed them for different type qualities without GMO modifications. It's sad that only southern people get to enjoy muscadines! So many people I've spoken with have never tasted one. Jeff, you might enjoy this page and their products - isons.com/muscadines.php
I love these videos. Great information.
Thanks Mark!
Jeff Bernhard you are welcome.
These grow at my office e at work in the tops of the pine trees. I took and extension ladder and a gopher pole today and tore down some vines to get ready to plant at the house. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm in GA with red clay soul, they should take pretty quickly. What's the best way to prep a vine to plant? Having a hard time finding info on cloning muscadines in particular.
if you have long vine cut it about 8 inchs put several pieces in a bottle on water make shur when you cut each piece which end is down dont try to root them upside down some folks scrape a littlt bark off the bottomabout 1 inch all the way around should see some growth 3/4 weeks if you get roots put in a cup with good top damp soil dont let it dry out 1 to a cup. good luck
The Texas Panhandle is hot. But not humid. Very dry. Very windy.
Just bought some today, and it was the only pack left in grocery store!! #jackpot so delicious
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I live in the Houston area, I have to strongly disagree. Now, granted everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, because of our heat and humidity, and somewhat cold (but not too cold) winters, this allows us to grow just about anything above the 11a USDA climate zone range. What I mean by that of course, is coconut palms, particular species of the Annona genus, and of course, the royal poinciana. I find the best plants to grow are from the 8a-10b range (blueberries, certain peach varieties, blackberries, tamarind, mango, many plants in the nightshade family, almost any plant in the Passiflora genus, etc.). This incredible combination allows significant growth from April-September. For the peaches and blueberries, that short winter is enough to sustain them. However, regarding the muscadine grape and all grapes for that matter. I will agree that the muscadine, mustang, and red flame are the only truly successful varieties if that is what you are referring to. I do have a question for you, however. This past year of 2016, the muscadine and mustang grapes were delayed on their fruit by 2 months. The only thing I can think of is excessive nitrogen deposits from the floods. The vines themselves prospered; yet, the fruit was rather late. Would you say this effect was from the nitrogen or?
I have a lot of wild muscadine all over the property...but ours is kinda tart..but heard it makes great jam
They are great for jam.
I buy my Muscadine fruit in Jasper Texas. Some, you can find growing wild in Conroe Texas.
Mine grows in my backyard :)
I just learned I have them in my back yard in Sour Lake, Texas
Just picked 6 gallons this week in Conroe tx!
Just a side point, but something that interests me where you video the wild Muscadines in among the native pines. I have a fascination, interest and practical application obsession with whole plant ecosystems. As a former commercial landscaper who didn't use commercial science-based synthetic inputs, but rather beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi for colonizing the plant root systems, I'm curious as to how much of the production success of the wild roadside muscadines you should is not only attributed to mycorrhizae, and beneficial bacteria, but also the other wild companion plants they are associated with ? One of the benefits for me not using fertilizers were the savings in money in the obvious purchase area, but also I didn't have the various pest problems for which these micro-organisms trigger an epigenetic immune system response in their hosts. It would be fun to experiment with differing strains, but I no long live in the States and Scandinavia is not favourable to the growing of any grapes period. Thanks for your video
Really good points, I wondered this last year when I was in NC. I saw these muscadines growing like crazy on the side of the roads and vining up the trees in an almost symbiotic manner. I think there is a lot to what you are saying. Thanks for the comments.
Not sure if you have ever heard of the Groasis waterboxx, but it has not been out that many years. But I recently wrote about it's effectiveness in establishing plants to have deep roots. I'm not so sure muscadines or concords have deep roots, but most other grape varieties do and this product is being used to establish vineyards in many dry hot areas
creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.se/2016/06/groasis-waterboxx-desert-greening-root.html
And I wrote about a vineyard in California which has taken environmental heat for cutting down oak trees from environmental activists, but no one has offered any solutions for a correction other than the usual activist hatred. But here is that post as well. I dealt with dryland farming vineyards and presently I am posting another article on science behind deep roots in grapevines and available technologies which may be of help.
timeless-environments.blogspot.se/2016/07/justin-vineyards-oak-woodlands_2.html
Incredibly informative! Just curious if you grow them organically. If so, what do you use to fertilize. I live in Ga (though originally from Texas) and am betting they can be grown organically since they are native.
+Double 5 - I do not, I use a 10-10-10 fertilizer that I place down in the winter season each year. They would grow great in GA!
i have 200 ft of scuppernong gold and some black for polynation???? i had a bumper crop this year ps they love water and sunshine i never prune during the season the leaves draw the sweetness from full sun usually prune after xmas
What zone do you live in?
@@workwillfreeyou i believ its zone 8 about 100 miles from the beach at charleston sc
Do you have to chew the seeds to get the benefits out of them????
18:00 I wish I could find muscadines with that many grapes. I had to hunt them down.
I live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I have muscadine grapes all over my neighborhood, and I eat so many that my teeth hurt.
They're so good...I can't wait for late August and September
I can across a great compilation of videos that will help on Grape grower folio
Muscadine wine is awesome.
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I want buy some muscadine grape plants...
Just pick up one from my local lowes in fl
grows like a weed. Enjoy
I'm Gonna Buy A 3 Yr Plant And Let It Run Along My Backyard Border Fence line
Howard Stanley Did you buy one? If so from where?
These grapevines are delicious since their fruit is edible and could be used for wine
all my muscadines fruit have fell from the plant unripe why is this we just had a rain and about 50 % are on the ground do you know why?
I do not know.
Good video, but at 2:40 (doesn't like any environment that gets frost) is incorrect. I live in mid Ga & until the last decade or so, heavy frosts were very common. And muscadines, especially the wild ones were not noticeably affected. I have had about a dozen varieties & only one (a Black Beauty) died, possibly due to frost.
ola Dios les bendiga me gustaría un video en español no entiendo el inglés lo ciento
Dang... I have some in an oak tree in my yard but they don't get that big
I am new to central GA, married a gal from here and we are both widowed. We cleared out a ravine with wild pecans remaining that are long and tall compared to their cultured orchard types. I am thinking planting muscadines to grow up the trunks would be a good way to add value to our place and get a lot of nice grapes for wine and jelly. Do you think it would be too shady to grow good grapes this way?
does any body know how to get the seeds out of the scuppernongs without heating or cooking them ? to me they lose flavor when heated...my cousin makes strawberry jam without heating them and it is like eating a ripe fresh strawberry,,,,,i want to try to do it with muscadines and scuppernongs ,,,do they make a spinner or something to do it ,,,,help please
Are the leaves edible?
i'm polish live in poland i have had over 50 different species of vine.I'm interested in enolology I wonder why muscadine wasn't use in breeding programs.The most common is riparia,vitis rupestis ,amurensis or labruska .We cross them not for the taste but for ability of cold/disease resistance
probably because it is not native to europe
The gold ones come in huge clusters like other grapes
There are a few factors in how to grapes. One place I discovered which successfully combines these is the Grape grower folio (check it out on google) definately the no.1 guide i've heard of. Check out all the amazing information.
Can you advise of the wire gauge needed to trellis these type of grapes, & when to fertilize & what type of fertilizer to use? Thxs.
5-5-5 fertilizer. Wire as thick as a metal hanger.
Live in NC It is middle of May, and every year my 3 large Vines have THOUSANDS of very small clusters of what appears to be infant grapes, BUT for the last 6 years these small clusters fall off by early June, with No grapes, except on a 4th Vine that is apx 10 years old. Does anyone tell me what is happening, and what I need to do?
Wilson Iron could be over producing, and stressing the vine. It will dump the fruit to relieve itself. You can try picking off surplus clusters to help reduce the load on the vine.
Jeff - I have tons of these grapes growing on a fenceline at my place. Two questions for you. Can they grow wild? Our place used to be my parent's, and I don't know if they planted these or if they grow wild. I know my mother used to make jelly and jam out of them! Also, are the grapes bright green before they mature? It's the beginning of summer and the ones I have on the vine are still bright green.
Most will get deep red or purple when ripe. Usually around July or August in the summer. Yes, they do grow wild everywhere in the south.
What is your opinion of the muscadines with the more tender skins? I have a baby Black Beauty and Ison as the self-fertile pollinator? I know almost nothing about muscadines.
+mawmawvee I like them all. Loaded with anti-oxidants and nutrients.
+Jeff Bernhard (The Executive Gardener) Thanks for your fast reply. I was concerned that the muscadines with thinner skins might not be as chock full of nutrients as the ones with the thicker skins.
Black ones better for wine.
From 9 year old, JJ: My dad and I went for a bike ride and found ripe black sour and good muscadine grapes but it hurt meh lips LOLOLOL. PS I highly recommend it. PS again if ur house got flooded hope ur ok.
Thanks, our house is ok
Muscadines a are not the same as scumpidongs
(Scumpadines) Muscadines is the female and it is purple and big Scumpadines are the male and they are way sweeter and green and small but great video!!! Keep it up
+Caleb Aaron I was saying Scuppernong, which is a Muscadine grape variety.
The scuppernong /ˈskʌpərˌnɒŋ/ is a large variety of muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia),[1] a species of grape
native to the Southern United States. It is usually a greenish or
bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape,
but rounder and larger and first known as the 'big white grape'.
+Caleb Aaron Please note that there are over 50+ different varieties of Muscadine varieties. Scuppernongs are only one type of many. The true scuppernong only comes in bronze and is a female.
Caleb Aaron
Before you attempt to correct anyone, know what YOU are talking about. The word is NOT "scumpidongs" or "scumpadines". The word is scuppernong.
How do I know if this is the type we have along our backyard fence since I've read that there is poisonous grapes?
There is a type called the moonseed which is poisonous
if you want plant some just save the seeds plant in a sunny loc wet it some in time they will sprout -- a new free vine birds drop seeds every where the woods are full of wild muscadines no care at all takes about 3 yrs to have fruit
I eat my Muscadine grapes whole. They're very good and healthy for you. They're a little tart but very good anyhow. I'm going to try to make wine 🍷this year.
richard give them another week they wont be so tart i wait till 2nd week sept on scuppernongs
@@frankdavidson9675 Thanks Frank, but i won't be making any wine after all. Too much work. I'll just eat them.
Where can I buy the fruit?
What difference, male or female grapes plants?
Some folks call them BULLET GRAPES...
Depending on the region / sub-region of the south.
I have spent quite a while investigating how to grow grapes on an arbor and found a fantastic website at Grape Grower Folio (look it up on google)
Is it grow in Las Vegas? Thanks.
My vine will be loaded down and then I'll notice many of them green on the ground. I can't figure out why this happens. What has them falling on the ground before they get ripe.
I really do not know. Is it getting enough water? Also, maybe the vine has some type of disease.
I havn't noticed any disease. It's full, green, and looks healthy. We've gotten plenty of rain. There are some birds nesting in it, and there's a cat about. I sometimes wonder if it might be the cat climbing around in it trying to get at the birds.
Some years my dines are not sweet. What to do?
Hi ..your muscadine in backyard is wild variety. ?
If I plant from seed ..will it be of same size or taste.?
should be, yes
nice
will they grow in California? what other states and territories will they grow in?
Yes any States with warmer weather.
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What part of obx is this
Tart? Try Dublin Cellars Muscadine wine. Also Scuppernong is equal to Muscadine. Scuppernong is a type of Muscadine. a good analogy is a Boxers are Dogs but not all dogs are Boxers. Scuppernongs are Muscadines but not all Muscadines are Scuppernongs.
What part of the obx did you find these at
I am down there all the time
Nags Head
Jeff Bernhard can you disclose the location