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I thought a few of you might like to see a few of my pruning/training systems. I am about done pruning finally since the snow all melted and I could walk in the vineyard without sinking to my ankles or deeper. The pictues aren't great. They would be better against a blue background, but just look at them closely and hopefully you can see the canes OK.
First up is a Buffalo grape vine-very vigorous. I wanted a lot of nodes/high bud count left because they were so vigorous(about 5 pounds average pruned wood). I need to spread the canopy so I pruned to 4 canes with a high and low fruiting wire.
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The prunings from the Buffalo- a lot to clean up next.
Next is a double trunk- spur pruned Leon Millot
Closeup of some spurs- leaving a few buds
Then some Catawbas pruned and trained to anUmbrella Kniffen system
Notice how the canes are bent over the top wire and tied to the middle wire.
Then a Frontenac sprur pruned for Verticle Shoot Positioning- VSP.
Finally a St. Pepin vine pruned basically to a 4 arm Kniffen. I use this for the St. Pepin because it is a pistillate vine and needs a high bud count retained for adequate production.
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******* Well I tried to put in the St. Pepin a million times but get sql error messages******** SORRY
That's all for now. Any questions?
Edited by: appleman
First up is a Buffalo grape vine-very vigorous. I wanted a lot of nodes/high bud count left because they were so vigorous(about 5 pounds average pruned wood). I need to spread the canopy so I pruned to 4 canes with a high and low fruiting wire.
javascript:void(0);
The prunings from the Buffalo- a lot to clean up next.
Next is a double trunk- spur pruned Leon Millot
Closeup of some spurs- leaving a few buds
Then some Catawbas pruned and trained to anUmbrella Kniffen system
Notice how the canes are bent over the top wire and tied to the middle wire.
Then a Frontenac sprur pruned for Verticle Shoot Positioning- VSP.
Finally a St. Pepin vine pruned basically to a 4 arm Kniffen. I use this for the St. Pepin because it is a pistillate vine and needs a high bud count retained for adequate production.
javascript:void(0);
******* Well I tried to put in the St. Pepin a million times but get sql error messages******** SORRY
That's all for now. Any questions?
Edited by: appleman