PENMART01 wrote:
>> "White Monkey" writes:
>>
>> I used to think that one needed a specific type of grape leaves to make
>> rolled and filled grape leaves, but my Palestinian step-grandmother used to
>> just use leaves off my grandmother's Concord vines. Now I live in a house
>> with a grape vine that had been trimmed all the way to a stump for winter by
>> the previous tenants but is now very nice, so here are tons of leaves which
>> I know have never been sprayed with chemicals, etc. Can I use them in making
>> rolled and stuffed grape leaves of various sorts? If so, are there
>> guidelines for which ones, as in how old, etc., I should use?
>
> Wait until the grapes attain pea size, then prune away all vine growth from
> about 12 inches past the grape clusters.... choose your leaves from the pruned
> away vine. To maximize grape production and quality 1/3 of the vine (by
> weight) past the grape clusters must be pruned away... this ensures plant
> energy is directed towards grape production rather than leaf production.
There
> are various methods for pruning grape vines, many books have been writen on
the
> subject but it's more an art form requiring talent honed by faithful practice.
>

Hey PenFart
Did you even bother to read the OP? She was asking about grape *LEAVES* and
your blurb is about how to grow grapes, not whit about growing leaves.

You've done it again. Posting what you believe is an answer, nothing to do with
the subject at hand.