In article , (berries) wrote:
How much (mininum)sunlight do i need for a maroo seedless grape vine
(impulse buy)

also the leaves have little brown spots on them and dark brown patches
on the vine itself the nursery told me these were fine just that they
werent getting enough sunlight is this true?

should i cut everything back before planting it?

thanks in advance

Hi,

Grapes (well, at least the French and the American varieties - I don't
know maroo) shed their leaves in the autumn, and (assuming that April
down under is rather like October in the north) it's OK for them to be
looking old & bedraggled now. They should be leafless during the winter
and then start putting out new growth in the spring. Also the new green
stem growth will grow a brown bark as it ages.

I once had some Concord grapevines on the north-east side of a
single-level house in southern California. But most of the growth was
supported about 2 m off the ground, so they got plenty of sun, and were
very productive.

I wouldn't bother cutting it back. If maroo is usually grafted on
different rootstock, you shouldn't cut 'everything' back. I'd
probably wait and see how it looked in the spring.

cheers,

Marj

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