bilbo-in-maine
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Most vines did reach the upper wire. Perhaps four didn't. Maybe a quarter of them all have not grown to the recommended pencil width diameter and I am probably going to prune them back to two buds, thinking it will be interesting to see how quickly they catch up to the larger vines. All but one variety will be trained to bilateral cordons on the lower wire in order to use VSP. Frontenac especially are supposed to benefit from this training as a method to control extreme vigor. I'm trying to callus some cuttings of St. Pepin and Frontenac Gris that I took in December. These, along with some Marquette vines, will be new plantings in May. Boy, it is hard to wait to get back to digging in the dirt!