TimTheWiner
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So I have my gripples and tool coming in mid-week and 6 out of my 10 rows will be VSP trained (the other 4 TWC), but I am a little concerned with if my three pairs of catch wires should be moveable on chains like half the local vineyards I've seen doing but still a little question about this "leap frogging" of the wires, or how they are actually moving to keep the shoots inside vs. 3 sets of fixed wires which seem to be kept more taut and some people say is "easier" than moveable wires. I just spent $30 on 60 feet of chain thinking I am doing moveable, but now I am wondering if I should return it and buy more gripples and go with fixed. The other option is that since this is suppose to be a LEARNING project moreso than the final grape yield, I am wondering if I should consider doing half and half and this way I can learn from both techniques and the advantages or disadvantages of one over the other first hand and could use the info later if I decided to expand. The varietals that I am planting that I have chosen to train VSP are listed below, so if there are some that are highly recommended to do moveable vs fixed then please let me know, and thank you!!
VSP (moveable, fixed, or indifferent?):
Cab Franc
Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Chardonel
Seyval Blanc
Vignoles
TWC:
Marquette
Noiret
La Crescent
Cayuga
VSP (moveable, fixed, or indifferent?):
Cab Franc
Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Chardonel
Seyval Blanc
Vignoles
TWC:
Marquette
Noiret
La Crescent
Cayuga