Thanks! Was hoping to hear from you. Going to try late March.
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Deer grazed my muscardines pretty badly end of August. The weather had been very dry and hot, affecting the grasses in our area. I think deer lower their standards if they get hungry.
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Deer eat muscadines. We set up tree stands next to vines with fruit for the early Youth Day hunt at end of September. Also here’s a recent video I found.
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@jerryrva, do they just eat the fruit or do they also eat the leaves of your muscadine vines?
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Fruit only.
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First real crop of Alachua this year. Late ripening with stiffer guts. What I like about it is it’s hang time. All others fall off the vines and these just hang there and stay ripe. I have been picking ripe ones for over two weeks now without any loss of quality. Not my favorite, but taste is good.
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First real crop of Tara this year. Late ripening with a flavor I would describe as Carlos lite. I like Carlos, but I already have one.
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Well, you made me curious about Tara. UGA describes it as being bronze, large, self-fertile and with a flavor that at times can be “off”.
I have a first year Carlos vine but really did not get enough grapes to make a determination of their flavor. The few that I did get seemed scuppernong like meaning tart.
Would you describe the flavor of Tara as being tart?
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Wouldn’t say tart. It’s a good grape, I just wanted original flavors. Their description of large is a little off as well.
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Yep… got an Oh My ordered this evening. Gurneys has them in stock now.
And a Ison muscadine this evening from a friend.
In a couple years I should have all the muscadines I need and then some. I have never eaten any but wilds… so I am sure these will be a real treat.
TNHunter
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@tennessean, there are a couple of other vines to add to the list, at least here in Georgia: porcelain berry, passion fruit and passiflora family.
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My thoughts are that I will add a couple of vines before next spring. A named variety and a wild muscadine. I would like to add a high producing vine that is noted for jelly/jam from a nursery and also gamble on several transplanted wild vines in a sort of nursery row. The vine in my yard that I threw dirt over to propagate probably won’t do because the muscadines that it produced were very small and unappealing. I’ve got several small vines in the woods that I flagged back in the early summer. Hopefully at least one of them will turn out to be female. Just something to do when the deer are not showing up. I’ll have a shovel in the pickup and dig some up and transplant. Really though no big deal if that does not work out.
Did not go hunting this morning because it was raining, and my German Shepard thought I was crazy for considering it. 
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If I may suggest this, a digging fork is my preferred tool for anything that I am trying to relocate.
The tines are less likely to damage the roots of the plant than a shovel is.
I purchased the one pictured above after I broke the composite handle on the stainless steel digging fork that was gifted to me a decade ago. Stainless steel isn’t as durable as carbon steel, and I had already bent and straightened the tines many times before. The new one isn’t really any better, so I decided to do something drastic:
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Leaves are falling. This is a good time to look over your trellis and repair if needed. I already see a few improvements I plan to make.
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Got my Ison muscadine planted today… lots of compost and composted wood chips.
And 20 ft away… got a nice planting hole prepped for my “Oh My” to go in next spring.
Watched lots of Isons … how to… vids.
Will have to get my trellis setup…
TNHunter
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It will be hard to go wrong following Greg’s videos. These videos got me started off without any problems. At my location the rabbits don’t do much damage but they will bite off the ends of small vines. I put a small ring of hardware cloth around the vines for the first year vines.
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Wish to see a picture.
And a full report on the “Oh My” when it produces.
Has anyone here had success top working a muscadine to change varieties? I have three varieties that I just relocated for all day sun exposure. Only one is reported to be early ripening, so I am wondering if I can convert the other two to this variety to encourage fruiting in the event I get any one of them to fruit this next year?
Dennis
Kent, wa
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What varieties?
I’ve read that muscadine can be grafted, but imo, better to get a variety selected for your climate and on its own roots.
Also, would have to be a self-fertile variety if you have only one.
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Thanks to this thread I have a Paulk on order from Isons and an Oh My! From Gurneys (ouch). Now I wonder if an earlier variety is needed since i’m building a trellis anyways. Are there any recommendations for an early purple variety? We hit -2f last christmas eve, so hardiness might be a consideration.
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