Tell me about grape cuttings. Can I take hardwood cuttings in the fall, stick them in the ground and expect them to root in the spring?

The reason I ask is that I have a vine of Virginia Creeper which is in the grape family, and I want to propagate it.

Regards, Jim Eichner

Grape cuttings should wait until the leaves begin to fall off in november. a cutting of about 10-12 inches with 3-5 buds is pretty standard. Rooting hormone may help but isn't usually required.

Well, pruning season is getting close. Would like to trade grape cuttings of known varieties.
I know there are a lot of ? grapes out there but I want to know what I am getting and putting in my garden.
will have a lot to share of named varieties grown locally.

Jim, is it possible to layer a few pieces of your vine? If you could do that now, you may have rooted pieces by late spring.

Yes that works well especially for hard to root species, "layering shoots while attached to main vine," but i am looking for some stuff I don't already have here.

Here is a picture of one of my best hybrids
Saint Pepin x Alden, a white muscat flavored table grape.

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