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Old 02-05-2009, 10:17 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default growing grapes in a container

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Jeff wrote:

Hello,

I'm a new gardener, and new to this group. If any I ask should be
better asked elsewhere, let me know. I'm in Atlanta.

I've acquired from a neighbor a "wishing well", think of the as a
large pot, 16" deep and 16" across or so (inside dimensions). I have a
sunny entrance to my yard but it is on the edge of a concrete driveway,
so I thought of the "wishing well". I can set up a long "trellis" for
this to grow along

Can I grow a grape in such a container and have it yield fruit. What
sort of soil and do I need drainage in such a large pot? Will it need a
companion grape and does that have to be of the same type?

If this is all crazy, I'll find some other use for the wishing well...

Jeff


You need soil that will drain. Any potting mix should do. Typically
Europeans plant wine grapes 1 meter X 1 meter. In California it is 10' X
6'. They are self pollinating.
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