mattyc
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Hello everyone. I've poked around this forum for a few years on occasion; great stuff by everyone. I've got about 35 Marquette vines in the ground. My first row is coming into year 4, second row into year 2. Last fall I made my first home-grown batch of wine ever - it was only about 1.5 gallons, but it was a blast.
On to my question... I'm spur pruning on GDC, tilted like I've seen Grapeman has done. A month or so ago I pruned everything on the cordons back to one bud. I was expecting growth at "A", "C", and "E". But I didn't think anything would be growing out of "B", "D", "F", and "H" given that the cordon is now 2 years old. Clearly I'm wrong! So, my question is - should I be pruning back to just the B/D/F/H buds?
One other thought... I'm in MN, and it's been a warm spring. I'm a little nervous about what could happen if things open up and we get a frost - anytime in the next 4 weeks it could still happen. Would it be wise to just leave everything as-is for now in case a frost shows up?
THANKS!
On to my question... I'm spur pruning on GDC, tilted like I've seen Grapeman has done. A month or so ago I pruned everything on the cordons back to one bud. I was expecting growth at "A", "C", and "E". But I didn't think anything would be growing out of "B", "D", "F", and "H" given that the cordon is now 2 years old. Clearly I'm wrong! So, my question is - should I be pruning back to just the B/D/F/H buds?
One other thought... I'm in MN, and it's been a warm spring. I'm a little nervous about what could happen if things open up and we get a frost - anytime in the next 4 weeks it could still happen. Would it be wise to just leave everything as-is for now in case a frost shows up?
THANKS!
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