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Regent Grape Vine, Eating + Cooking, Blue/Black, Outdoor, VERY POPULAR + LARGE GRAPES + ORNAMENTAL + DISEASE RESISTANT **FREE UK DELIVERY + FREE 3 YEAR LTD WARRANTY**

Mature Regent black eating grape
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Mature Regent black eating grape grown on a trellis
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Mature Regent black eating grape in Autumn showing red leaves
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Regent Grape Vine
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Regent Grape Vine
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Regent disease resistant grape vine
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Regent vine provides large grapes
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 £24.75 
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Regent Grape Vine Options

Option 1 : 30cm-45cm tall. The seasons slow starters.
Option 2 : 60-150cm tall. The best the season has to offer.
Option 3 : 150-200cm tall. Usually a season older than Option 1 and 2.

Regent (Vitis vinifera 'Regent') is an extremely versatile grape variety, producing very large and dark blue-black coloured grapes. These are noted for their sweet refreshing flavour which will mature to a true black in the best of summers. A good choice for an eating dessert grape if you have the weather to ripen them off outside but if not, grow under glass. If you live North of the Midlands, you are probably going to need glass or climate change to speed up.

Regent also produces a real colour show in autumn, when its leaves produce beautiful red colours.

A popular choice with commercial growers because of the moderate acidity, high fruit and sugar yields leading to higher alcohol content. The deep berry colours make for colour intensive wines. Very good resistance against the most significant fungus attacks such as Downy Mildew and is considered one of the best dark grapes in terms of all round disease resistance.

Originally from Germany, the grape was bred from Chabourcin and Muller Thurgau. For best results keep away from cold and windy sites.

Expect an unpruned height of around 5 metres.

General Vine Information

During Winter most vines do a very good impression of looking dead. We don't mean they have arranged their own memorial and headstone but that the branches look very dry and beyond sprouting new growth. One nursery owner even put a new batch of vines on the compost heap thinking he had been conned, only to find them throwing out new growth some time later. If Spring is unusual weather wise, then it can be up to late June before you see any new growth and a hard winter can also effect your crop and die back is normal. Using agricultural fleece might help.

All vines are at least 2 years old and grafted onto a root stock that will be 3 years old. This is to improve vigour (growth and fruit production). The vines are pruned back several times a year and can easily put on several metres of growth in a season. They might fruit in the first year, local conditions allowing, certainly the second. 

Seedless grapes will take longer to get started and you may have to wait until the second or third season for a full flush of fruit. 

Bred to be Phylloxera resistant.

Vines will last 100's of years if looked after and outdoor vines can be successfully grown outdoors as far North as Yorkshire (depending on weather conditions).Indoor grapes have been grown in a Greenhouse in Aberdeenshire.

Give them as much sun as possible, keep ventilated and humidity down. This applies to indoor and outdoor grapes.

Despite your best efforts, you will most likely encounter a Grape vine issue at some point, especially with global warming giving us wetter summers. As little as a week of continued warm and wet weather is enough for those little fungus monsters to get in and wreak havoc.  The three you are most likely to encounter are downy mildew, powdery mildew, and grey mould. 

Your best action is preventative. Keep the site moisture levels down. Water the base, not the leaves. Keep the leaves spread out to allow light and air in to dry them out. Vines under glass need to be well ventilated. Consider heating the greenhouse for long periods of cloudy weather to keep humidity down.

If you do get it, remove the affected leaves and destroy.

Freezing Grapes
With temperatures going through the roof, cool and healthy Summer snacks will be in demand. First, remove grapes from the stem, place in a colander and rinse off. Dry the grapes and place on a baking tray covered in wax paper. Place in the freezer and when solid put into a plastic sealed bag ready for next years sweat-fest. 

Other Grape Vines To Look At  

Autumn Royal Seedless, thin skin when ripe, juicy and larger grapes compared to other seedless varieties. Indoor Black
Bacchus Considered the best white wine variety for the UK. Outdoor White
Black Hamburg A reliable and excellent quality sweetwater type producing large bunches of high quality dessert grapes. Very popular. Indoor Black
Boskoop Glory Award, reliable and disease resistant. Good for beginners. Indoor Black
Brandt Grown mainly for its spectacular autumn leaf colour but still a respectable red wine grape Outdoor Red
Cabernet Sauvignon Small black grapes for wine, self fertile and disease resistant. Indoor Black
Chardonnay Eating and wine making, sweet vigorous grape. Indoor/Outdoor White
Chasselas Doré De Fontainebleau Eating and wine making, very sweet. Indoor/Outdoor White
Chenin Blanc Ideal UK dry wine making grape. Indoor White
Crimson Seedless Heavy crops that set later than average. A very popular variety. Outdoor Red
Flame Heavy crops, fast growing, seedless, very popular, desert grape Indoor/Outdoor Red
Dornfelder A good hardy red grape combining heavy crops of very edible grapes as well as having stunning autumn leaf colour. Pick Sept-Oct. Outdoor Red
Gamay Makes fruity red wine or fruit juice. Indoor Black
Lakemont Seedless Big sets of yellow oval fruit with muscat flavour. Thin bunches for larger fruit if needed. Resistant to mildew/downy mildew. (USA, 1972) Outdoor White
Muscat Alexandria Second early white Muscat of high quality producing large succulent dessert grapes. Indoor

White

Muscat Artonel A strong Muscat variety. Indoor

White

Muscat Bleu This is the modern mildew resistant outdoor blue/black eating grape of choice. Outdoor Blue/Black
Orion Disease, frost and drought resistant and heavy crops. Good for poor conditions. Outdoor White
Perlette Large crops of large seedless grapes that are very crunchy. Outdoor White
Phoenix A large berry producing a fine Muscat aroma.Heavy yielding, ripening early October turning yellow when ready to pick. Dessert and wine. Outdoor White
Polo Muscat Good quality hybrid table/ wine grape. Slight Muscat aroma with balanced sweet and acidity. High yields of early ripening yellow-green fruit.Pick Sept. Outdoor White
Regent Large blue-black grape matures to a true black in good summers, sweet refreshing flavour. Red leaves adding value as a climbing shrub. Outdoor Blue/Black
Strawberry Intense rich flavour with a strong hint of strawberry, very productive and easy to grow. Pick and eat in late Sept. Outdoor Golden Bronze
Superior Seedless Obviously seedless and great for eating as considered very sweet. Outdoor White
Vanessa Seedless, suitable for North UK and very popular. Outdoor Red
Vroege van der Laan Very disease resistant, suuitable for North UK and good for the beginner. Outdoor White

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