Grapes fruit on new season’s shoots which arise from one-year-old canes. Once these canes have produced their fruit for the season, they will not produce again.
To keep grapes productive, they need to be pruned to renew the young canes which will produce in the following year.
Grapes are vigorous climbing vines, so they need a structure or support of some kind to grow over, such as a trellis, arbour or pergola. It’s important to ensure that such a structure is in place first before planting a grapevine in the ground.
Plant new grapevines in winter when they’re dormant, or in early spring, to give them enough time to establish their roots before the hot summer weather sets in.
There two main methods used for pruning grapevines are cane pruning and spur pruning.
Which method should you use?
It depends on the grape variety, some grapes are cane pruned, others are spur pruned, and a few can be pruned using either method.
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