[bigginge]

There's a wild area opposite our plot with a plum tree which has a good crop and a fig tree, which isn't so good, but also a grape vine. I've been checking it the last few weeks and today picked a few bunches, they're really good and sweet. Would it be worth taking cuttings, and if so, how.

[davejg]

Have a look here
http://www.gardenhive.com/fruit/grapes/propagate/stem-cuttings/
I took some last year for the first time, they have acouple of shoots each at about 3ft long now

[bigginge]

I was down the plot this afternoon and took 4 cuttings, then found that link and I've got them in the greenhouse now. I hope they take, I've built a sort of trellis running from my shed to a post for runner beans this year and it would be ideal for a vine. Just have to wait and see. Thanks for replying.

[davejg]

DONT be impatient (thats good coming from me), i had mine in a heated coldframe and thought loads of times during the winter that they must be dead as they are not doing anything, then at the end of feb life then they really took off.