How do you grow seedless grapes?
Question:if therse no seeds in them then wot have they grown from? and how will thery reproduce?
Answers:
I've been gardening for 35yrs so take this with some confidence: you can take cuttings from seedless grapes, most grapes are propigated from cuttings and a lot are grafted on a desease resistant grape rootstock.
seedless grapes have been bred over a long period from seeded grapes [ at least 60 years ago, one of the first being the Thompson grape veriety from south africa [?] They are mainly for eating, I dont know any that are used for wine.
they do not have imature seeds in them that would lead to maturity.
Also they do not have stuff put in the grown to inhibit seed growth. unless you have a freind who has a seedless vine that you can take cuttings from and then grow in a greenhouse[most seedless are not hardy in this country] you may have to source one from a specialist
seedlees grapes are normal grapes that are picked before the seed forms.
you dont need seeds to grow the next crop, you use the plants already in place and they will sprout in the new season.
they do have seeds but they are very under matured because they use growth hormones in the soil to make the vines produce the grapes faster so they don't have time to create the seeds.
You start with this seed, see, and sew it, with other seeds, and learn grafting.
As it says, seedless grapes do not have seeds. But grape vines are not grown from seed either. A piece of the old plant is taken and put into ground to make roots and then it grows. But, usually, grape vines are grown from two plants i.e. the root part of a wild grape plant(vine) that is resistant to diseases is used. Then a part of a plant that makes good tasty grapes is used for the top part and they are cleverly joined so that they grow together to make one strong plant. This is called grafting. Most fruit trees are grown like this. In this way, the plant makes fruit after a few years instead of up to 10 years if grown from seed.
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