help required with grape vine

[jess1of2]

we have a grapevine for the first time and it has fruited well but we dont know what to do to get it through the winter (i.e pruning etc)
can anyone help we live in the south east of the united kingdom

[bramble]

Hi Jess and welcome.
Sorry I cant help but there are lots of peeps on here who will advise you.

[Zelenina]

It should get through the winter fine without any help from you. Mine always do and I live in a wine-making area that has much colder winters than you do. It went down to -17C here last winter. A late frost in May after they've started growing again can do some damage, but they recover, and frost at the time of flowering might reduce it's yield. There are a number of different ways of pruning them, but they seem to be more about controlling the growth and shaping the plants than getting them through the winter. They can be very rampant if you let them do what they want.

[nickdub]

we have a grapevine for the first time and it has fruited well but we dont know what to do to get it through the winter (i.e pruning etc)
can anyone help we live in the south east of the united kingdom

A photo would help, if you are looking for specific advice. As has been said the vine will survive without anything extra from you, but pruning is sometimes a good idea.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Never tried to grow grapes. I buy my wine by the bottle. Much easier

[Baldy]

My vine is in its third year and I can't really get my head around the whats whys and wherefores of vine pruning.

This year it finally gave me bounteous crops so my Dionysusian dream scenario of plucking luscious red grapes - whilst sat on my green plastic chair at my white plastic table - finally came true this year.

I've been doing some cutting back to basically leave me with 2 main 'trunks' for next year - gawd knows if this is the right thing

[Scarlet]

How old is it? Where is it growing? Pot, greenhouse, against a wall?

I prune always mine in December. Good pruning advice can be found here.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=284

[roitelet]

Prune it when it is dormant i.e. Depths of winter. Cut it back to the main rod/stem and when it starts growing keep it under control by snapping of not cutting of the surplus growth.

Ages ago I put some pictures on the vine showing mine when they had been pruned.

[Thelma Sanders]

This thread didn't help then
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...pes_94548.html

[greenishfing]

Do not cut back into the brown wood until the sap is well down, around end of December!!!!! Then chop away to your hearts content.



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[Baldy]

This thread didn't help then
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...pes_94548.html

'twas grapes on my vine...

[Deltawhiskey]

There is one crucial thing to remember about pruning grapes and that is that grapes are produced from last years wood. You can prune in two main ways spur or cane replacement. With spur you cut back last years growth to two or three buds. Then the next year cut off the fruiting growth and all but one of the shoots from the three bud you left last year. The last one left is then cut back to three buds again. With cane replacement a one or two rods are grown and at the end of the growing year they are bent horizontally. All the nodes along the rod have the potential to fruit. During the fruiting year one or two shoots as close as possible to the main growing head are allowed to grow as replacements for the next year.
I usually think in diagrams so for those who have lost the will to live reading my explanation, check the internet for diagrams.

David