Pruning grapevine
mameha
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in Fruit & veg
Here's my grapevine.
As shown in the photo, it comes over from next door (so I cant feed it) and then goes along the fence on 3 wires. It has also started to go the opposite direction and I am training it up the drainpipe and will have it go over the patio doors.
I moved in last Aug, I didn't prune it and I got a ton of tiny grapes off it.
I don't know how old it is probably at least 3 years old I would say. The main stem on my side is quite woody but it is growing well.
I want advice on how to prune the sideshoots/branches. There are lots of punnets, I don't want to over stress it. Should I cut the tip of the side shoots when they reach a certain size or number of punnets?
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Also, I want ultimately for the whole fence to be grapevine (get rid of the fig tree etc) and so need advice how to train/prune it in an efficient way so I can get three healthy main stems one on each wire.
Mameha, you might find this RHS advice helpful.
www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/Profile?PID=284
If your neighbour decides to prune it on his side you can do nothing about it. He may be getting poor growth/fruit on his side!! He may get rid of it. Have a friendly chat with him!
You definitely will need to take out some of the bunches and ultimately grapes within each bunch.