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    How do you store unrooted vine cuttings over winter?

    Hi, I have just been given some unrooted grape vine cuttings which I intend to plant next spring. They had to be taken now since prunning is just starting in the UK. These unrooted cuttings are just short lengths (4 nodes long) of this last years rods. I have had 2 different lots of advice from...
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    Which wires do you tension on a trellis?

    Thanks for the reply. Definitely helpful to know all wires should be tensioned. If I had an 8 wire VSP set-up then I could end up loading the posts with 8x300 lb force due to wire tensioning plus an additional amount for the weight of the vines plus any wind load on them. It seems like there is...
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    Which wires do you tension on a trellis?

    In a VSP trellis system you have several wires running between end posts. A bottom wire to support the horizontal replacement rods, a top wire and several moveable wires in between. I have read several presentations on trellising and they mention tensioning of wires to somewhere between 230 and...
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    Aluminium ground anchors - how long do they last.

    Hi, I'm planning a very small vineyard in the UK. In my region I've spoken to several vineyard owners who all bemoan their use of timber posts and so I'm looking into the use of metal trellis systems. Some of the few companies who supply such metal trellis also sell screw in ground anchors (galv...
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