Always consider this when deciding how many buds to leave. The buds closer to the cordon will break first and are most likely to be susceptible to damage.
You can see the well-formed buds on this cane and how green the one at the base looks. This pruning was done on the first weekend of February, and already the daytime temperatures were creeping into the lower 70’s despite the below freezing temperatures at night. I live in Southeastern New Mexico, and although we do have a true winter, it is fairly mild overall and so I have to make sure I do not wait too long to prune or I may find some early buds in bloom. This helps avoid any winter kill of newly pruned vines and also lowers the susceptibility of airborne diseases which can often stir in more warm climates. Vines are safe to prune anytime after they have gone dormant and before they break bud, but depending on where you live you may want to wait until late winter to forge ahead with your cutting plans. Grapes go dormant in late fall and are generally slower to burst into bud the following spring, but once they start growing they are usually very vigorous. These techniques promote new growth and keep your vine within a manageable size for easier harvest and continuing shaping and pruning. It also helps remove non producing wood and allows you to better support new growth and allows more sunlight into the more dense areas. Pruning helps remove dead or broken wood and allows you to check for disease or rot. There are a few different ways to prune your vine, as I will explain below, but each has the same purpose: to support a healthy, productive vine. This is the same no matter what kind of grape you are growing. If you want your grape vine to produce as much as possible, then you should follow a few simple rules each dormant season. Left alone, your vine will continue to produce new shoots and grapes, but the energy that goes into grape production will be spread throughout the vine and yield low harvest and poor results. Grapes only grow from the vines sprouting from one-year-old shoots (or canes- the terminology depends on who you are talking to, but the meaning is the same).
0 kommentar(er)
