From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: Wild Grape Vine
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:16:51 -0400
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:53:38 EDT, FranksFarm@aol.com wrote:
>I'm wondering about what I should do about the huge wildgrape vines..some 4
>or 5 inches thick that can actually pull down trees, bend them etc. Amazing!
Cut some trees away from it so it can get more light, fertilize &
prune it, then harvest a bounty of wild grapes: scuppernong, muscadine
or fox grapes (small but look like purple muscadines).
>I always hate to just ruthlessly cut down things that grow so well with
>little effort...especially if I can find uses for them:) Any ideas? Frank
Let it grow, its a rare specimen. You probably have trees to
sacrifice in order to keep the grapevine.