Tying in of vertical shoots

michael · 2009-06-29T10:34:58+00:00

I grow a few vines in England on the Double Guyot vines arequite vigorous as they are on ther own roots.( I propagated them allfrom cuttings).I get bud burst in early May,and by end of June thevertical shoots are past the top wire at 5'.I prune above this wireand remove the side shoots each all of this I find itnecessary to do a lot of tying in to keep the vines reasonably inorder.I tie an 8" piece of string (2 ply) tightly on to the wire witha reef knot,and then loosely round the vertical shoot.However,I findit difficult to tie the shoot onto the 2.5 mm wire tightly enough toprevent it has suggested plastic covered thin wirefor ties,but I feel that they will be even more difficult to remove inthe someone advise of a more secure way?Michael

Jun 29, 2009 24 Replies

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Dick Heckman 17 years ago

Here's another article that is about disease prevention and discusses leaf thinning. The experiments were done at Cornell and Washington State. I seem to have lost the article I first was looking for.

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Paul E. Lehmann wrote:

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michael 17 years ago

Good idea,Paul.I may just try leaving one vine (a less vigorous one) with the laterals on from now,and see if the Brix increases.Another minor point-I used to take out the sideshoots as in tomato growing i.e.completely ,but now prune off at the second leaf.This was recommended somewhere,and I thought that the left on leaves would help to ripen the buds ,certainly in the case of the three shoots(two horizontal and one to produce shoots for the following year) kept back after winter pruning. Regards,michael

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doublesb 17 years ago

Micheal,

You can make the v> >

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Paul E. Lehmann 17 years ago

I think his problem is with his vines being TOO vigorous already.

I would think that mulching with wood would provide an excellent place for fungi to over winter. The trend here in Eastern US is to cane prune and thereby eliminating much of the older wood that provides sites for fungi to overwinter.

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doublesb 16 years ago

"I would think that mulching with wood would provide an excellent place for fungi to over winter."

Not true. Mulch has long been misunderstood.

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