I take a cutting about the size of a pencil [last yrs. growth] with two joints and stick the joint that was cloest to vine in the ground. The top joint will leaf out and the other will root. It works for me !!! YOPPER

Grapes root well on last years canes taken in late winter. Cut sections about 8-12 inches having 2-3 nodes. Stick lower end in moist peatmoss and wrap that bundle in plastic. Put in crisper of refrig till they root, a month or so, then plant out when weather warms up. I generally do about 15-20 or so at a time, by laying a strip of plastic sheeting down, putting a line of moss down the middle, laying the cuttings down with lower ends on the moss. Then just fold over and roll it up.

George

thanks guys but hte problem is the mother vine is chopped down and disposed of already, so all i have is this green growth sitting in water. is there any chance for them at all?

I would suggest get them out of the water, rinse with chlorox and rinse several more times with distilled water and then put in sterile moist soil and cover loosly so there is a bit of circulation but little drying. Success in part will depend upon how long it has been since the cuttings were taken and also upon several unknowns.

If you've several, leave a couple in water and stick some in dirt outside as described above. Do the chlorox and sterile soil bit on a third batch.

okay will do, thanks albert!

good news, one of my little in-water-grape-cuttings has a little root shooting about 2" out from it. it seems like this sucker just sprouted over night.

a few of my other cuttings appear to have the beginnings of roots.

ive noticed something here, what seems to happen is all but 1 leaf on the cutting dies, and then within a few days the root sprouts. i dont know if thats a coincidence or what. anyway.

my next question is this, how long should i leave them in water, how many roots/how big should the roots be? then, is there a difference between water roots and dirt roots? (sounds stupid but you know what i mean) and what can i do to prepare water roots for dirt?

ALSO, should i place these little guys in a pot with potting soil THEN the ground, or right in to the ground?

The "water roots" are just roots, but will have to change/adjust to potting soil. I would pot them up and enclose them in a plastic bag to make a humidity chamber while they finish rooting. Keep out of direct sunlight while under plastic. Or, if there are no leaves to wilt, you could leave off the plastic. With the plastic...keep the soil just barely damp, without plastic you can water normally, and perhaps spritz with water several times per day.

I don't think I would fertilize much, or encourage much new growth that would have to survive the coming winter in zone 6, but maybe someone else can better answer that question. I used to have some instructions for starting hardwood grape cuttings over winter and it said to use 50/50 mix of garden soil and sawdust to discourage lots of growth the first year, so that the plant would spend it's energy building a good root system.