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snip one easy to reach bit off and wait a minute.
Put your thumb on the vine where you cut it.
If it comes away wet..it's too early to prune.
Put your thumb on the vine where you cut it.
If it comes away wet..it's too early to prune.
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We had a severe frost last week....pretty much finished everything off. My garden is very open too which doesn't help.Originally posted by Alison View PostComment
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Ah, no frosts at all here yet - it seems to get later every year.Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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As everyone else has already said, I generally do mine just after Christmas but I have left it until mid/end of January before now, as long as you don't cut it back when the sap is rising in the spring, I think you should be OK.A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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thank you everyone for all your advice, i did a small trim and waited no sap so i gave it a good cut and put it all in the bonfire. the greenhouse is nice and tidy again. looking forward to next years new growth. i always find it exciting when everything comes back to life and i can plant the new seeds.
RitaComment
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I cut mine before Xmas so I could make vine wreaths with it
Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Mine will get chopped any time betwen now and mid february as time and weather permit. They are hardy and tolerant beasts.Comment
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grape vine
hello all
should my grape vine be budding by now. i am a bit worried that it's not sprouting. or is it still to early. RitaComment
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I think it is still too early. The first time I pruned mine, I thought I had killed it! It seems to take ages to see anything on my grapevine.A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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It should look like a dead stick at the moment. Give it time.Comment
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Yep, sill a bit early for signs of life. Both my vines look very dormant. They'll be back ...Comment
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The vines around here are all impersonating dead sticks... And that's in France!Follow my progress in gardening at altitude in France www.750metres.netComment
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The later the better - frost seems to kill young leavesComment
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A late, late frost kills flowers and young grapes as well as leaves. If I get a warning I usually end up wrapping the leaves and baby grapes in bubblewrap even in the greenhouse after losing all my grapes to a late frost one year.Comment
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I'm just outside of Bath Rita, so not that far from you and mine isn't showing any sign of life yet. Mine is grown on an outside south facing wall.Comment
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