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3rd year vines with fruit. I was wondering generally whether laterals should be removed, not specific laterals. I want to be sure light and air penetrate the canopy and the laterals seem to hinder that...and I’m not sure whether they are contributing to fruit quality or taking energy away from...

Should I be removing shoots that are growing between the leaf and the main shoot aka laterals.

This is what I've learned. The advantage of own-rooted is that in the event of severe winter damage the vine can recover from its root which cannot happen if it's on rootstock (the rootstock being non-fruiting and not the varietal u wanted.). But the advantage of grafts is that the fruit on...