How to Root a Grapevine From a Cutting by Placing Into Glass or Bottle of Water

Take cuttings from a healthy vine in late fall or spring before the branches bud out new leaves. Cut sections that are the thickness of a pencil with four or five growth nodes each. Cut the bottom just below the node and an inch above the node at the top.

Store the cuttings taken in the fall in a cool shed or garage to stay dormant until spring. Hold them in a bucket of sand until spring.

Place the cuttings into a container of water immediately after removing them from the sand storage. If you cut the branches in the spring, you can put them directly in the water. Make sure to keep the vine growth facing upward. Any of the nodes below the waterline will produce roots. The nodes above the water line will bud out into leaves, sometimes even before the roots develop.

Change the water every three or four days to keep the water fresh. Roots will develop within a week or so and grow quickly. If you leave the cuttings in water, they will flourish temporarily but then rot if they are not moved into soil.

Transplant the rooted cuttings into a plant pot filled with half potting soil and half sand. Make a hole with the back of a pencil, and carefully place the cutting into the hole without breaking off the roots. Press the soil back in around the cutting.

Water the transplanted cutting immediately after planting and then only when the soil gets dry. Grapes need good drainage, so don't leave the plant pot sitting in the drainage water.

Move the healthy grapevines outside to a permanent location when the weather has warmed above freezing. They need full sunlight and well-draining soil.