Carlos Bronze Muscadine Grape Vitis- 1 Live TC Plant/Plug – 4-8 inches -Edible!

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Carlos Bronze Muscadine Grape (Vitis spp.) 1 Live TC Plant/Plug – 4-8 inches -Edible!YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE SMALL TISSUE CULTURE PLANT/PLUG. THE ROOT BALL WILL BE WRAPPED IN DAMP PAPER TOWEL AND PLASTIC WRAP FOR SHIPMENT.The Carlos muscadine is the standard vine used to make white muscadine wine. It makes a FANTASTIC wine. It is a bronze self-fertile and contains 16% sugar. The Carlos muscadine vine is very vigorous, yielding large amounts of quality, medium size fruit. Cold hardy and disease resistant.Average Berry Quality in Tifton, GA TrialsCultivarBerry weight (g)Berry diameter (mm)Soluble solids (%)Welder4.01815.8Carlos5.32013.8Cultivar Attributes in Tifton, GA TrialsCultivarVine vigorLeaf diseaseBerry rot% Full cropHarvest periodRipening% Dry scarWelderhighslightmedium90%midseasoneven50%Carloshighslighthigh90%midseasoneven90% PruningGrapevines require drastic annual pruning, undertaken in late winter or early spring. The many pruning systems can not be described here, but essentially they boil down to two: cane pruning and spur pruning. The point to remember is that grapes are borne exclusively on "one-year wood," the woody canes which were the green shoots of the previous season. The wood of some varieties yields most heavily from the 3 or 4 buds closest to the trunk; so these are pruned by cutting back several canes to "spurs" of 3 or 4 buds and trimming off everything else. The spurs yield sufficient crop. The canes of other varieties bear best from the 4th to the 10th buds, counting out from the trunk; so these are pruned by cutting back several canes to leave 8 to 10 buds each according to the vigor of the vine and counting from the trunk, then trimming off everything else and tying these & "bearing canes"; to the trellis. In cane pruning, 2 short spurs are also left well placed near the head of the vine, not for crop but to provide well placed & "one year wood" for the following year. How many buds to leave on mature varieties. Amount left can vary with vigor of vine.Canopy ManagementTipping vine growth in June for bunch grapes is good culture. Remember to retain 15 or more leaves per shoot in doing any hedging. At fruit set or shortly hereafter, selectively removing 1 or 2 leaves in the fruit zone is an excellent means of assisting with disease control, especially for botrytis bunch rot and powdery mildew. Clusters and berries that freely develop without contact with other objects tend to be freer of fruit rots and exhibit more uniform berry ripening than do clusters that are contacting trellis or grapevine parts.PlantingPlant in good soil, average in nutrients. Keep out weeds and grass. Grapes have extended surface roots and suffer from competition with grass and weeds. Keep well watered. After growth beginspinch back growth except the growth you've chosen to be the future trunk. Setting a vertical stake for the grape to grow up the first year will help it reach the horizontal wire of the trellis. MUSCADINES: (Vitis rotundifolis) are native to southeastern United States. They do well under high temperature and humidity found in that area. The Muscadine sometimes is called the Scuppernong, and many know it by that name. It is more resistant than most to drought conditions and also to disease. Under favorable conditions the vines are very long-lived, but they are not hardy in the northern United States because of the low temperature conditions which prevail in that area. 0* is at it's lowest temperature.There is a non-infectious Edema (oedema) which is when the leaves develop bumps or blisters that can be tan or brown. It occurs when the leaves/plant is laden with water...when the roots absorb water faster than it can process it through the leaf cells. To help prevent they recommend a growing medium that drains well, spacing plants apart so they can get more light and keep humidity low and water moderate.