GOOD video, I wish I had seen this last spring when training my vines, I'm in a cold zone and those two laterals near the ground would be much better for ensuring the vines are covered over with insulating snow!
I moved back to my childhood home after ten years away, we always had grapevines but they were never yummy, I think they were a variety for making wine and not table grapes. The plants are full trees at this point, the trunks are about 8ft tall and about 3-4 inches in diameter. Is there any way I can graft somewhere a few canes of a grape I actually like eating?? Can it be done on a tree so big?? Do I cut it low and turn it into a single type tree or onto a higher branch and then add more varieties to the same tree?? I really hope you can answer this. Thanks.
You should always have your cordon originate directly from the trunk of the vine. Training a cordon off another cordon increases the risk that the farthest tips will lose vigor—producing weaker shoots—because water and nutrients must travel a longer, more indirect path to reach those buds.
I was understanding until toward the end when I kinda got lost. It sounds like we should have several levels? I planted a grape vine a year ago so im trying to figure out how to prune it at this juncture. Thank u
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Thank you!
This must be winter time you do your best teaching during the cold weather
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Thank you! Can you do more videos on grapes? I’m a bit lost and on year 1. Yours looks so different than mine.
GOOD video, I wish I had seen this last spring when training my vines, I'm in a cold zone and those two laterals near the ground would be much better for ensuring the vines are covered over with insulating snow!
Can you do a follow up on how to trim that back? Or one like it.
How do you keep the rabbit away??
Can i trim in the winter?
I moved back to my childhood home after ten years away, we always had grapevines but they were never yummy, I think they were a variety for making wine and not table grapes. The plants are full trees at this point, the trunks are about 8ft tall and about 3-4 inches in diameter. Is there any way I can graft somewhere a few canes of a grape I actually like eating?? Can it be done on a tree so big?? Do I cut it low and turn it into a single type tree or onto a higher branch and then add more varieties to the same tree?? I really hope you can answer this. Thanks.
You should always have your cordon originate directly from the trunk of the vine. Training a cordon off another cordon increases the risk that the farthest tips will lose vigor—producing weaker shoots—because water and nutrients must travel a longer, more indirect path to reach those buds.
I was understanding until toward the end when I kinda got lost. It sounds like we should have several levels? I planted a grape vine a year ago so im trying to figure out how to prune it at this juncture. Thank u