pruneing a grape plant for winter advice please

[sealover1]

Hi guys i started growing my 1st grape plant in doors this year and even got 1 bunch of grapes from a new plant, I have been told you need to prune them for winter but not seen it done before. has anyone got any photos of this being done please as not a clue where to start.

cheers

[rustylady]

Have you got a picture of your vine Sealover? It would help to see how big it is.

I never pruned my grapes for Winter. Prune in the Spring and Summer.

[sealover1]

hi rusty yeh will try and post some as most forums you need to have 10 posts to places pics but will try





sorry only got a maby phone to do it with... it sort of goes up to top of ceiling and then goes right along to nearly other side of the room

[Scarlet]

I prune mine during the Christmas holiday though mine is outside on a south facing wall. This link is worth a look.. Grapes: pruning and training / Royal Horticultural Society

[rustylady]

Flipping heck, that's grown well. I can see why you might want to prune it. Is that going to be it's permanent home?

Welcome to the Vine by the way. Whereabouts are you? If you add your location (nearest town) to your profile it will show up on your posts and we won't have to keep asking you.

[sealover1]

Think i sorted my location now lol

yeh hoping to grow it up and down the ceiling, I bought it around may/june this year and was quite small plant back then and been giving it feed every other water.
had a lovely bunch of grapes from it right near the bottom of the plant about 2-3 feet up hoping for more next year,
where my window on roof is i get my cues growing every year and get 100 or so off them normally, never done so well this year as not much sun down in sunny devon this year lol,
every spring tho i got containers with all sorts growing all around the windows,

think it may need bigger pot next year and might put it on the floor

[greenishfing]

I would put it in a bigger pot at the end of this year and refasten it up but don't prune into the brown stems until mid December as it will bleed if you do it when the sap is up.

[MrBloom]

Would have thought you would end up with a fly problem having the grape vine in the house as i have a very large vine growing along the roof of one of my greenhouses and i get serious fly problem in there

[roitelet]

It would be better planted outside if you can they need a large root run and some cold. Mine survive -20C and some times they are even sprayed with water to get ice on the rods. To prune you keep one long stem, rod, and cut all the sideshoots off in the depths of winter. New fruiting shoots will grow from the base of the sideshoots and you will need to keep these under control by snapping, don't cut,them off all through the simmer. When the grapes have set snap of the shoot 2 leaves beyond the bunch and reduce the number of bunches if there a lot. That way you will get better grapes.

Welcome to the vine and could you put your location on your profile please.

[PyreneesPlot]

Welcome Sealover1. We had many happy years - and a huge vine - in sunny South Devon

Can I ask Roitelet why snapping off? Knowing no better, I've always cut. We have a brand new vine here, currently just one stem so I want to do the right thing by it next year!

[roitelet]

Welcome Sealover1. We had many happy years - and a huge vine - in sunny South Devon

Can I ask Roitelet why snapping off? Knowing no better, I've always cut. We have a brand new vine here, currently just one stem so I want to do the right thing by it next year!

If you snap off the young growth there is less likelyhood of the vine bleeding. Also you can do it as you pass and not have to go and find the secateurs!

[sealover1]

erm still at a bit of a loss to which ones are the sideshoots (sorry new to this) i seem to have two long shoots coming from the main stem in the pot ones really long and the other is about half the length, are you saying cut the smaller shoot or stem off?? what about the leaf? will they fall off or should i cut any off??

[rustylady]

Sealover you don't appear to have sideshoots yet. They will form next year when the vine starts growing again. They grow from the points where the leaves are at the moment.

You could cut one of your main shoots out if you want to, or leave them both.

The leaves will fall off on their own.

[veggiechicken]

If you were growing this in a larger space, you would divide the two stems and train them to grow in opposite directions. You have no side shoots yet. As Rusty says ^^^ the leaves will fall off in Autumn.
You should decide where you're going to grow it permanently and that would help you to make pruning decisions for next year.

[sealover1]

ok cheers guys think i,ll leave it where it is but i will find a bigger pot for it soon