Grapes

[milly2306]

Hi all
So, my vine is in its third year and is producing grapes!! There are lots of bunches and my question is should i remove some or leave them all on the vine and do i now need to feed it and if so what with?
thanks all xxx

[tamsin]

Good questions, I'd like to know the answers too, mines at the same stage

[ClockworK]

Hi
Heres something I read from a different forum :

"Don't neglect pruning grapes when growing them in your backyard

Perhaps the biggest mistake I see with home gardeners growing grapes in their backyard is neglecting pruning the vines each year. This is a must! Without pruning the grapevine becomes an overgrown tangled mess. The grapevines overbear and the berries don't ripen properly. Disease sets in as the vine is over shaded and doesn't recieve drying winds. The vines will weaken over time and eventually die before their time."

Credits to orig poster.

[Zenithtb]

I found this, though I think it's too late to be useful

Looking After a Grape Vine

[Glutton4...]

Oooooh, thanks for the link Zenithtb - I've been there!

That reminds me, I need to prune my Dad's, as he never does, and last summer you couldn't get in the greenhouse for grapes and Wasps, and you couldn't close the door or roof vents as it was so rampant!

[Zenithtb]

lol!

My message is too short to post, hence this

[Bountyhunter]

I have a vine in its 3rd year and its producing fruit. I have trained it so that it has 4 canes that run across my pergola. I have a pic i took about a week ago. It did produce about 10 bunches last year and they were edible. It is a Boscop Glory red, wine and dessert i think.

I will look get the pic.

[Bountyhunter]

3 years old and fruiting. I cut it back last year to about 30 bud sites on each cane. This left it half the way along the width of the pergola.

This year each of those bud sites grew upwards at right angles to the canes/cordons(last years new stems) and have all got grapes growing from them. Are these called the laterals?
These 'laterals' have continued to grow in height, about 1ft. I have pinched out the top of all of these to stop them. I have tried to read up on what to do but i just dont get it lol. I dont know if i have done the right thing

I want the vine to reach all the was across the pergola so how do i achieve that if you are meant to keep cutting it back?. This is probably not going to be right but i have tied the 'lateral' nearest the pruned end of the wine on the wire so it will grow and make the vine longer. I havnt pinched out the tip of this one. I have only just done this, is it wrong?

I hope someone can advise me on what to do as i havnt a clue lol, thanks in advance.

[Zenithtb]

Dunno if it's what you want to do, but I personally would let it go crazy for a year or two. After that I'd route and secure the suitable 'branches', and cut off the ones going in the wrong direction... Simples!

[Biffo17]

i have almost the same as above i had about 20 flowering sets. it had suddenly stopped growing ,some of the leaves are turning brown ,ive noticed this over the last few days

came home today ,almost total leaf drop !!!!!! the flower heads are still on but it looks so poor !!!!!

its had plenty of water and food !!!!!

ive another vine planted about 2 foot from this one its going strong

shall i remove the bad one i dont want to lose any more ???


so confused as to what has happened Gutted

thanks for any replies

[General Woundwort]

I've already mentioned getting access to a greenhouse as part of my New Deal. An adjacent community organization (built on the site of old allotments) also has a greenhouse, which one ****-off grapevine growing throughout.

Problem is, their fruit invariably rots before ripening because of the moisture. Other than growing it outside or installing fans (which ain't an option), is there anything which can be done?

[toastie]

Vines are best pruned from their first year and 'trained' across straining wires as they grow. It will be about three years before the first grapes can be eaten/used for wine - depending on their variety. As my partner has recently sold his house, the existing vines that were growing there were left at the property - although we did use the grapes from last year's crop for making wine (which has yet hasn't been drunk). Needless to say he has now bought two new vines (with more to be bought next year), has put up his tree stumps, will put in his smaller, intermediate, stumps shortly and has just bought his straining wires - all that considering his new vines are about 10 inches high - he's obviously got grand hopes for them.

[Biffo17]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm not much help on here ????