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Old 11-05-2004, 11:13 PM
Jaques d'Alltrades
 
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Default Grape vine assistance

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try this one instead


http://www.symmetric.demon.co.uk


Flower buds. The flowers will be small and have very small whitish
petals. They don't last long, so you need to allow access to
pollinators.

In any case, vines need a fairly dry atmosphere or they'll soon get
botrytis (nasty grey mould), so while there is daylight and warmth there
should be good ventilation.

I've never tried this before, so apologies if it doesn't work. I also
appreciate that it's probably not good design practice to give people
access to a homepage, but right now it was quick, and it appears to
work for me!


A? That's what a homepage is for!

Don't prune until after all the fruit has set and then shorten the
laterals with bunches of grapes, leaving at least two leaves beyond the
bunch. Make sure there is no serious bleeding on *THE FIRST CUT*, and
proceed carefully after that.

Cut out any laterals that have no fruit - if you don't want to train
them for future years.

At the end of the year, when all the leaves have fallen and any sap in
the laterals has returned to the stem, cut off all laterals, leaving the
best-looking bud near the main stem.
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The buds will grow into next year's laterals.

Water profusely. (Your vine should be planted outside the greenhouse,
BTW, and be guided in, using something soft or which will push aside as
the stem grows in diameter.)

Having watered profusely, water it again.

*NEVER* give a vine nitrogen fertiliser or it will produce lots of leaf
and no fruit. Bonemeal and hoof-and-horn are good slow-release
fertilisers.

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