Planting Grape
Grape is a warm season fruit in the Vitaceae family. Getting the timing right is the difference between a strong stand and a disappointing one, so the windows below are given relative to your own last spring frost and first fall frost rather than a generic calendar date. Look up your local frost dates and count back or forward from there.
Transplant young plants outdoors 0–2 weeks before your last frost — Grape tolerates cool conditions and benefits from an early start.
Spacing and Planting Depth
Give Grape room to mature. The figures below come from verified extension and seed-supplier data for typical varieties.
| Spacing in row | 72 inches |
|---|---|
| Row spacing | 96 inches |
| Plants per sq ft | 0.02 |
| Planting depth | 4 inches |
| Sun requirement | Full sun |
Days to Maturity
Grape reaches maturity in 730–1095 days from sowing.
Grape is ready to harvest after about 913 days. Harvest before the first fall frost, which will end the plant's productive season.
Conditions and Care
As a warm-season fruit, Grape needs warm soil and settled weather to thrive, and is set back or killed by frost. It is frost hardy and can shrug off light freezes, so it can stay in the ground later into the season than tender crops.
Grape needs full sun — give it at least six hours of direct light a day for the best growth and flavor. Sow seed about 4 inches deep, then keep the soil evenly moist until seedlings establish.
Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family; rotating where you grow members of this family each year helps limit the build-up of soil-borne pests and disease. Grape is generally grown as a single planting each season rather than succession sown.
Growing Notes
Perennial vine; full crop year 3+. Needs trellis.