1mo ago

Leafy Viney Thing

iNaturalist said in the grape vine family which feels wild to me, if it is then having wild grapes growing around was not what I was expecting.

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Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Vitis aestivalis Michx.

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That's clearly a Tree Star
- European grapes (which most wine is made from) were devastated by phylloxera in the 19th century, and since then they've been grown on American grape root stock which is resistant.
In case you dont know and have an iphone…. It will automatically identify plants if you take a picture like this and click the i for info.
- No iphone! Just an extremely old cheap android.
  
  Cool. My phone says its “grape” so it agrees with the naturalist.
  
  There are several Android apps that identify plants. I sometimes use Leaf Snap. Plain old Google Lens (reverse image search, basically) does a decent job too.
Not an expert but I started grapes this year. Looks like a bigger version if mine. Build a trellis and start training it. Next year trim a little with 2 to 4 main stems off the trunk. Third year start eating grapes. Fourth take cuttings and start another plant. Repeat. More grapes. Eat grapes off first plant for about 10 years, have 5 more plants in that time. Eat more. Plant more. Start making wine. Get drunk, eat more grapes. Die of liver infection. Maybe don't go too far.

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