Urgent grape vine help please

[jackarmy]

Hi all

just severed my top cordon on my vine, its still attatched to the mother plant but only just.
Have tied it to the wire as best i could but am i wasting my time ?.

will it mend or should i give up on it ? and if i do, will another one grow?, ive already snapped off the growing shoot, my first attempt at grape vines .

A massive piece of advice for any other new vine growers, "get the wires done first" , that was my mistake , not doing so .

[Greenleaves]

I cant help directly Jackarmy but bumped it up in the hope someone will be along shortly

[muddled]

It sounds as though you are training your vine to very high standard.
I just let mine do it's own thing so I can't offer much help other than to tell you that if the stem that broke is green, the vine will be fine...if the stem was woody it could 'bleed' and you will need to find a way to seal it.

[roitelet]

Vines grow new shoots for a pass time! If your repair doesn't work, in the spring let another shoot grow to replace the one lost. I've done this several times when one of the cordons has died over winter.

[jackarmy]

Ive no idea what a high standard would be Muddled, bought it at a knockdown price last october, cut it back and was chuffed when it took off this spring . Been watching you tube for lessons , i like to have a little bit of an idea lol

Thanks GL, it helped

And many thanks roitelet. what i was hoping to hear, appreciated.

[jackarmy]

Well i checked on my little cordon this morning and it doesnt look very well at all, withering, so im gonna try Wrapping a plaster ( breathable ) around it and see where it goes, ill be gutted to lose it .

[Nicos]

Fingers crossed for you .