You will like Hall
The named varieties have improved on the size, but really there are no bad muscadines. Even the wilds I ate as a kid were great.
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Ison’s has a good plan for the first year vine that helps but some of the plants just don’t grow as fast as others.
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True. It probably didn’t help that I couldn’t get a 2yr+ plant for the Hall like I did for the Nesbit. Oh well, in 2 years time I’ll be swimming in more grapes than I’ll know what to do with.
Yes you will. I’ve already got more than I know what to do with.
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Have you had any problems with bees hitting yours. Sadly it seems they have acquired a real taste for them here. Last year there were so many bees I was sketchy about picking.
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I have a little problem with bees but it only becomes a major problem when one stings me.
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Got stung by something while picking 1 lonely ripe Lane muscadine yesterday. I couldn’t find what did it. Maybe a yellowjacket hiding under a leaf.
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More likely a packsaddle. It is a caterpillar about an inch long with stinging spines. They love to eat muscadine leaves.
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My two year Fry Seedless just started to ripen but mine have 1 to 3 seeds per fruit? Did Ison’s send me another wrong plant?
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Contact Greg Ison and ask him about it.
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If this is not normal for a 2 year Fry Seedless I will rip them out and plant 2 more Oh My Seedless. I only got 5 OMS this year but they were seedless and tasted good.
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That’s what Fry looks like. You might have the wrong plant.
Does appear the seedless are a bit more red though.
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Yep, I think your correct. I guess I’ll pull them out in winter and plant them in the woods.
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Normally I would say give them a chance. Some seedless still have seeds in certain years. Those look pretty small though and that is with seed. You got off lucky. I had 5 trees fruit the first time this year only to find out not one is what I bought. Now I have to guess.
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Interesting! I’ve never seen one in my garden before.
Pain was fairly intense but very local for about 10 minutes. After 30 minutes it was barely noticeable and I didn’t have any other issues. Guess i’ll be wearing gloves when picking muscadines from now on.
This is just a small review of Oh My.
I will start with the down/low side first. The price is very expensive compared to what I paid for my other great tasting seeded varieties. The vine that was shipped to me was very small (about 8-9”) in a small container. It took me longer to get this plant established than a larger plant with a bigger root system.
Now for what I consider the positive side in my opinion. The fruit is pretty easy to pick in that the clusters are tightly packed and you can hold a container under and slightly crumble and most just fall into the container. The fruit is mostly dry scar. No disease issues that are any worse than my other varieties. The vine vigor appears to be good. No seeds found in any of the fruit that I sampled. I gave out samples to about twelve of my neighbors and they all loved them (possibly they didn’t want to hurt my feelings). Production this year was projected at 30 pounds and I have picked 41.5 pounds and there is an estimated 5-10 more pounds on the ground from splits and heavy rains. Taste is sweet with only a slight tartness. It is a little crunchy but not as much as Black Beauty or Lane. It is easy to make cobblers (very good, somewhat like cherry) and jams. My early opinion is very good but I love the diversity of taste from my seeded varieties also.
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Picked my first handful of Nesbitt this morning. Ive picked a 1-2 every couple of days for the past 2 weeks but this weekend they decided to ripen together.
Was in a bit of a rush when I picked these so there’s probably 2-3x as many still on the vine at the same ripeness. Man, is this rewarding!
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If your in a desirable location muscadines can be rewarding. In my area I grow a variety of different fruit but none have been as easy as my dines. I don’t know how many vines you have planted but soon you will have more than you know what to do with.