Muscadine Grape , Vitis rotundifolia . FCFS available . Muscadine grapes are native to the South and are resistant to many of the pests of regular grapes. They are easy to grow, cold tolerant, and require a trellis. The vines are deciduous, begin leafing out in March, and bear Aug-Sept in the south.
Muscadines are vigorous and require yearly pruning.
Each winter, usually in January, cut new growth back to 3-4 inch long spurs. This seemingly radical pruning is necessary for a bountiful crop and manageable vine. Vine will bear the second year after planting. Muscadines often suffer magnesium deficiency, which is easily remedied with Epsom salts. Vines do well in almost any well-drained soil.