BritGrower
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I have a grape vine ready to be trained, the main trunk has now reached around the curved side of a polytunnel and is now at it's highest point (8ft).
I have the materials to fit horizontal wires for tieing in lateral growth amd I can understand and follow the pruning that I will need to do this season and in the future after reading many sources, but a couple of things are unclear to me, as I cannot seem to find refernce to them online.
1. These lateral sideshoots (cordons?), how far apart should they be, before I train the next one out laterally?
2. Sub laterals (rods?): I take it I do not just let these grow until they reach the next lateral up the plant, and do I encourage them to grow upwards or downwards?
3. I'm guessing that initial sub lateral growth is determined by pruning two leaves after a bunch of grapes, but in the future when the vine is stronger would you allow two bunches of grapes then prune two leaves beyond that or always stick with just one bunch.
I just want to ensure that I get this initial framework correct and ensure I have future proofed it for max production later on.
Many thanks for your help!
Steve...
I have the materials to fit horizontal wires for tieing in lateral growth amd I can understand and follow the pruning that I will need to do this season and in the future after reading many sources, but a couple of things are unclear to me, as I cannot seem to find refernce to them online.
1. These lateral sideshoots (cordons?), how far apart should they be, before I train the next one out laterally?
2. Sub laterals (rods?): I take it I do not just let these grow until they reach the next lateral up the plant, and do I encourage them to grow upwards or downwards?
3. I'm guessing that initial sub lateral growth is determined by pruning two leaves after a bunch of grapes, but in the future when the vine is stronger would you allow two bunches of grapes then prune two leaves beyond that or always stick with just one bunch.
I just want to ensure that I get this initial framework correct and ensure I have future proofed it for max production later on.
Many thanks for your help!
Steve...