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Sad times for my grape vine!

joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
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Hi All,
I bought this massive grape vine a couple of years ago from Homebase. I didn’t realise it wasn’t the best purchase at the time but have since learned that large, established plants get very shocked by transplanting and in this case by major cutting back. 
Still, in the first summer after planting it grew a little - although the main, thick part was found to be dead. This year it was doing really well, with plenty of growth. Then a week ago, one branch started looking sad and a few leaves had fallen off. 
We went away on holiday and came back 6 days later and now it’s looking very sad indeed!
Here are a few pics of the vine a month or so ago and now, also of some mould(?) now seen growing on it.
is it a lost cause do you think? If so, it’s died off so suddenly!

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    My OH's vines have really suffered this year, small grapes and just generally unhappy, but not to the same extent as yours l must admit.
    I think the main reason was lack of water and feeding, mainly due to family commitments. 
    With luck there will be a vine expert along shortly, in the meantime there might be some info of use here.
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=569
  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    Thank you.
    if anything mine’s the complete opposite. Far too much rain and plenty of feed. 
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Did you check for vine weevil when planting out? I suspect your vine would have had a small root system so would have been very vulnerable to a weevil grub infestation.
  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    No I didn’t Steephill. I’ll look it up.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    The very dreaded Phylloxera, maybe?   :o  
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    I don’t think so as I don’t have any of the bobbles on the leaves.
    what should I do with it? Wait for it to see if it recovers or chop it down?
    Like I said before, it died off over a short period of a week or so, so I don’t have much hope that it will bounce back!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Is your climate suited to growing them outside?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    We’re in Kent, SE England, so I’d say so.
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    Give it a good soak and hope for the best for next year.  General advice is to NOT let grape vines fruit in their first year.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    Thanks the ground is wet enough as we’ve had plenty of rain this summer. I didn’t let it fruit last year. But thank you for your suggestions Redwing.
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