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muscadine grapes , why?

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olaf starts with ...
Just picking muscadine grapes and they are well worth the effort. Not to be compared with Vitis species but have a distinctive flavour and as a bonus the seeds have an anti oxidant that will make you younger and richer in 14 days.
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20th January 2015 2:44pm
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olaf says...
Should have said "Vitis vinifera"
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20th January 2015 3:40pm
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Slicko says...
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What variety/s of muscadine do you have? I have Adonis and Noble. The Adonis has fruited this season and is flowering again. I am still waiting for the fruit on the Noble to ripen!
Mike
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olaf says...
I have Adonis and Noble ,too. However, I was sent seed from the USA of an unamed variety and it is now ready . Not everyone will like it but I really do.
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21st January 2015 2:27pm
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col2560 says...
muscadines cant be grown well from seed, apart from this, it's illegal to send seeds without going through quarantine in Australia
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26th January 2015 2:07am
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srt says...
Piffle, snort! It costs around $20,000 to get a plant through quarantine process . Seeds posted do go via quarantine inspection and the progeny of muscadine seeds are fine.
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26th January 2015 9:07am
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sternus1 says...
It's not as expensive as that. You're looking at about 3k all said and done. I know this because I was considering doing this last year and that price is fairly accurate.

Quarantine is something that really needs reform. It's mostly why australia remains in the doldrums of horticultural diversity.
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srt says...
Beg to differ. The person that imported Daley's muscadines into OZ wrote an article and claimed 20k as cost. I imagine there is no fixed price but varies with the threat level and the fumigation procedure , length of quarantine etc.
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26th January 2015 3:21pm
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sternus1 says...
The margins at 20k simply wouldn't be there for me. If I was going to take a punt on something to the tune of 20k there's no way it would be on a plant species which may or may not succeed. Haven't these people heard of the stock market?

That said, I will again reiterate the need for quarantine reform. The U.S. Does it so, so much better than us.
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26th January 2015 5:31pm
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olaf says...
Sternus, the muscadine is actually a good bet. The Americans really get off on them and , I must say, that I do like them. Plus they take all this rain and humidity in their stride.
AQIS certainly needs to change . Had it not been for imported seeds and plants we would now subsist on Persoonia roots and accacia seeds. Would fix the obesity problem ,though.
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