How to Grow Muscadine Grapes in Containers

The Muscadine grape is a common strain in the Southeastern United States and native to the region. With the arrival of settlers in the 16th century, the grapevines gained popularity and were cultivated extensively. With a tough, dark skin and sweet flesh, the grapes are eaten raw or commonly used to make jellies or wine. A nutritional powerhouse, the Muscadine grapevine is easy to grow in containers in your very own home, making them movable around the yard and easily placed wherever desired.

Seedling pots
Potting discs
Muscadine grape seeds
Spraying water bottle
6-inch pots
Light colored plastic outdoor pots, 7 gallon
Potting soil, between 6 and 6.5 pH
Trellis
10-10-10 fertilizer

Instructions

- 1
  Place the potting discs in the seedling pots. Add water according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- 2
  Insert the seeds, two to each pot, in the middle of the the moist potting pods.
- 3
  Place the pots in a warm room in your house, in an area that receives constant bright indirect light.
- 4
  Mist the small pots with water in order to keep the soil damp but not wet.
- 5
  Transplant the seedlings to 6-inch pots after three months of growth. Keep them in the same growing area, continuing to mist them.
- 6
  Transplant the small vines to large pots in the late spring, after at least a year of growing indoors, with one vine per pot, filling the excess room with the potting soil. Insert a trellis behind it and begin to train the vine to grow up it as it ages.
- 7
  Pour 1/4 pound of fertilizer evenly around the edges of the pot, 12 to 14 inches away from the vine itself, two weeks after transplanting. Repeat this process every six weeks until the middle of summer. Repeat this every year from March to July.

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