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Years ago, we uprooted and replanted successfully some wild grape vines. Every year the vines get baby grapes on them, sand size, and every year, that's it.

Any suggestions? My guess is that the moles, voles, squirrels, mice, rats, or gophers eat the baby fruit. It seems that in early spring I'm delighted to find the sand sized fruit one day and then I get grape leaves/vine and that's it.

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You never see them get any bigger?

I had a similar issue with some wild blackberries... and it turned out to be a virus of some kind. I worked with the cooperative extension to figure out what it was.

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Did the vines have normal size grapes when you transplanted them?

Seems some where in my memory I saw vines that had very small grapes.  Maybe mustang grapes? Though these are purple and my memory is green grapes.

What color are the grapes?

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Jennie,

Do you know for sure that this is Vitis vinifera and that it produces normal sized grapes in your vicinity? Some grape species will produces sand sized grapes and nothing more and they are used as rootstock, for example Vitis rupestris (St. George). I don't know if there is chance that your area could have some escapes from grape cultivation.
 
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In reply to everyone... No we had no idea what variety these were when we grabbed them out of a nearby ditch. However, what got us on the idea of taking some was the winey scent of fallen grapes everywhere. It was a HUGE patch, and yes, there were full size grapes there at one point, but if what we grabbed was that sort?

No idea.

I didn't know there were other types either btw. So thanks!

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So what color are the grapes?

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