Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement

Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by voldacar on Friday October 02, 2020 @02:49PM (#24665768)

I know nothing about grape biology so it may be a dumb question, but how would these grape plants be pollinated? Do you need some kind of insect? or does someone have to walk around the greenhouse, shaking the vines or brushing the flowers with a paintbrush?

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by jmheflin on Friday October 02, 2020 @02:57PM (#24665873)

Hi!

Wine grapes varieties have ‘perfect’ flowers which means they contain both male and female parts. They self pollinate from wind. In a greenhouse, this means you would need oscillating fans during anthesis.

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Re:Show HN: Growing Wine Grapes in My Parents' Basement by f69281c on Friday October 02, 2020 @02:56PM (#24665857)

I don't know much about biology outside of a couple seasons of hobby gardening, but some plants can pollinate themselves.

After a quick search it looks like grapes may do just that.

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