To prune or not to prune

[blackspanish777]

I have four plants bought this year from a nursery. Built a climbing structure. Training them up the posts. Should I prune the shoot growing away from post???


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[grapeman]

It won't make a lot of difference however if you leave it, you have more foliage making food for the vine which will give a better root system for a stonger vine in the future. It can be pruned away next spring. Also is that a wire tie around the vine? If so, replace that with another piece of the green tie tape so you don't strangle the vine as it grows.

 

[blackspanish777]

Thanks. Started with wire tied loosely. Will switch to tape.


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[blackspanish777]

Would you bend that other shoot to the post once it is long enough???


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[garymc]

What kind of grapes did you plant?

 

[grapeman]

I would use a piece of bamboo to keep the shoot straighter and then later gradually bend the whole thing over to the post to avoid a crook in the stem.

 

[blackspanish777]

I have three varieties planted. Two black spanish, the other two are table grape variety, Red Flame I believe is the other.

Thank you for your help grapeman they look to be growing better now that I have start staking them.