It ’s about clock time to prune grapes again , at least if you live in a somewhat modest climate .
I made this video a few days ago demonstrate how I pruned my Vitis rotundifolia grapes back in North Florida :
It ’s not hard , except psychologically . When you ’re a beginner it ’s operose to take off that much vine !
Fortunately , I ’ve bugger off over that and have now rationalize one C of grapevines , thanks to some work I did with my friend Dave Taylor at Taylor Gardens Nursery .
He ’s the guy cable who explains how to grow Vitis rotundifolia grapes in this TV :
There is a single grape vine here on our current prop that had n’t been contain grape .
A few twenty-four hours ago I gave it a brutal pruning and also chop up and droppedGliricidialeaves and twigs around it as a slow - release feed for the roots .
Actually , around this clip of the class it seems like it ’s becoming a custom for me to post grapeshot - snip telecasting …
More on Grape Pruning
If you have grapes and populate in a warm climate , it ’s time to trim grapes . Get out there and get cut back before the bud come apart in the later wintertime and early spring .
UFhas this to say about the clip to prune grapes :
“ Pruning is done in Florida during the following dormant catamenia : ( a ) south Florida - January ; ( b ) fundamental Florida - January 1 to February 15 ; and ( speed of light ) north Florida - January 1 to March 10 .
Vines that fail to get through the top telegram during the first yr should be prune back to buds near the ground . “ Bleeding ” of grapeshot vine is not harmful . vine that strive the top wire during the first twelvemonth should be snip to a single cane of 3 to 5 buds along each conducting wire in each direction . After the second year , leave 4 unexampled wood cane ( 1 for each guidance on each wire ) with 8 to 12 buds on each cane . The older and more vigorous the vine , the bully the numeral of bud that can be left on each cane at pruning time . In addition to the 4 cane , leave inadequate 2 or 3 bud spur track near the points of cane origin ( near the trunk ) for renewal of cane the following twelvemonth .
Canes are prune short ( 3 to 5 bud ) , and many more canes are left per vine if the “ clothesline ” trellis is used .
If vines are not pruned at all , the number of clusters will increase , but the sizing of both clusters and berries will minify so that only stems and cull berries are develop . Further , the length and breadth of the vine will make them more difficult to harvest or crop . ”
If you live far up north , you ’re set for a couple more months so take the time to relax and enjoy your seminal fluid catalogue .
