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How to Prune Grapevines
Part Two
Recap……. Count nodes contain the buds that are
deliberately left at pruning They produce count shoots which will
produce the flowers which become the fruit
At the same time as flowering the new buds are forming in the shoot
Shoots become canes when they turn brown
Pruning is a matter of leaving count nodes
Cane Pruning
Canes from the previous season are rapped around fruiting wires and then tied down at the ends
Cane Pruning
There are many different versions and types of cane pruning
4 canes
4 canes
Or two canes
This is the same vine but
later on
Cane Pruning Technique Canes are between 8-20
count nodes Spurs are retained to
produce replacement canes for the following year
Cane Pruning Technique Vines are head trained
canes and spurs are selected from the head
Vines may be unilateral or bilateralCanes run one way or both
ways
There are three stages
Stage One Select the canes and spurs that are
wanted for the coming season and cut off the rest
Spurs are retained to provide the canes for next season
Canes
Make sure you DO NOT select canes older than last seasons
These will not contain buds that are fruitful
These were last years
canes
These were last years
canes
DO NOT use these
Stage two
Pull out the undesired canes and wood
Stage Three
Wrapping and tying the canes onto the fruiting wire
Recap……..
Select the canes and spurs that are wanted for the coming season
and cut off the rest
Pull out the undesired canes and wood Wrap and tie the canes onto the fruiting
wire
What canes do you select? When selecting canes, the following
characteristics should be considered:
Cane Selection
Well matured canes with good colour, brown to the tip and no green
Free from damage by pests, diseases and machines
Cane Selection
Average diameter (ie not too thin or too thick)
Internode length 60-80 mm No watershoots
They are not fruitful No laterals
They are also not fruitful
What are laterals?
Shoots that arise from the main shootLike branches
Laterals
Lateral bud
Laterals come from the lateral or prompt bud
Cutting a Cane
Before tying down you need to cut through the last node
Make Sure.... You remove the bud BUT not the
swelling
Cutting and TyingWhen cutting a cane If this is the last
node you want to keep
Then cut the cane here
Cutting and TyingWhen cutting a cane
Tie the cane in the last internode
Cutting and TyingWhen cutting a cane
The swelling will prevent the tie from falling off
But you must remove the buds so they don’t burst
Next….. Spur Pruning