...said Greg Clark, deputy agricultural commissioner for Napa County. "Knock it off." Yep, they're getting really tough! I bet that stern statement will stop all this smuggling. How would you stop someone from sneaking in a tiny peice of grapevine anyway? Heck you could tie it around your wrist and it would look like some new age hippy bracelet.
I had a Texas black muscadine arbor going in my yard for about ten years. The wife finally got tired of it due to it's location and made me take it out. I can tell you this: all it takes is one cutting, or a couple of viable seeds, because once those vines take firm root, they'll be all over the farm. Birds can carry the seeds for miles in their digestive tracts. And unharvested grapes will spread seeds everywhere. I plan on restarting a new arbor (correctly, this time), and I won't need to visit a nursery for new stock. I'll just go dig a couple out of the hedges. LOL
