tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918580686392354412011-04-21T15:52:30.533-07:00trevor dalleynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291858068639235441.post-6870422367331125632008-06-03T23:54:00.000-07:002008-06-03T23:55:57.936-07:00All articles listed are written by the worlds top gardening authors, we hope you enjoy the content below as much as we have, if you would care to leave a short message about the article we will be pleased to pass it on to the author. Please go to :-><br /><br />(Click) <a href="http://www.dalley-nurseries-onlinehome.org/">http://www.dalley-nurseries-onlinehome.org/</a><br /><br />And click the Guest book link at the top of the Home Page and enter your comments.<br />P.S. please enter the authors name in the Guest book. Many Thanks.<br /><br />In order for you to produce a healthy vineyard chock full of luscious grapes, you will want to learn the techniques to prune grapes.<br /><br />This short article will hopefully provide you a concise understanding of this grapes pruning process.<br /><br />"All first-year-old canes that grew along the cordon will be pruned back to either three or five-node spurs as fruiting wood or one-node renewal spurs as vegetative wood.<br /><br />The trimmed end of the spur should measure at least pencil size in diameter. Renewal spurs produce vegetative shoots which are used for the following year's fruiting wood.<br /><br />Grapevines are normally considered to be mature and fully productive in year three.<br /><br />Dormant pruning should be finished starting in late February through March.<br /><br />One-Year-Old wood (the previous summer's growth) shall be pruned back to three to five nodes per spur. The spurs should be evenly spaced along the cordon."<br /><br />Terminology:<br /><br />Canes: These are shoots that are mature and have attained all or most of their full length. Dormant canes are the previous season's annual growth.<br /><br />Shoot: These are the new green growth that develops from buds during the growing season and they mature to form canes.<br /><br />Spur: The basal portion of a cane after it's cut back to a length of one to four buds.<br /><br />If you are just starting out pruning grapes, the best way is to make sure to follow instructions. Grapevines can become quite wild.<br /><br />If left by themselves and unattended, grapevines will grow at an incredible, rapid pace which leads to overgrowth of vegetation and a low crop of fruit.<br /><br />Hence, you will want to have tools such as loppers and hand saws to remove unwanted shoots and wood from your grape vine.<br /><br />About the Author<br />"Want to Discover <a href="http://www.grapevineyard.com/">How to Grow Grapes</a>? Finally! A resource that takes you by the hand and shows you everything you ever needed<br /> to know about growing grapes!" - <a href="http://www.grape-vineyard.com/">How To Prune Grape Vines</a>. <a href="http://www.grape-vineyard.com/"></a><a href="http://www.grape-vineyard.com/">http://www.grape-vineyard.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/291858068639235441-687042236733112563?l=howtogardenbetterno64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>trevor dalleynoreply@blogger.com0