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Grape (Enab)

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A pergola of grapes is the old Gulf courtyard dream — real, with patience and pruning.

💧 Summer water

Deep, 2×/week

💧 Winter water

Weekly

☀️ Sunlight

Full sun

🔥 Heat

Handles heat

🌱 Difficulty

Advanced

⏱️ To harvest

2–3 years

🪴 Containers

Needs open ground

📅 Best sowing

Dec, Jan, Feb

Planting calendar (UAE)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Deep and infrequent; overwatering dilutes flavour and invites fungus.

Full sun on the leaves, dappled shade on the fruit — which is exactly what a pergola does.

Deep, free-draining; grapes hate wet feet.

May–July; taste is the only ripeness test — grapes stop ripening the moment they're cut.

◆Choose heat-tolerant table varieties (Thompson, Flame types).
◆Winter pruning is non-negotiable: grapes fruit on this year's shoots from last year's wood — unpruned vines give leaves, not fruit.