On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 H Ryder wrote:
There is a huge one in our garden which I pruned quite heavily this year
although I left a lot. What is left now appears dead - the bits snap off in
a very like dead wood kind of way. Is this normal or is it an ex vine? If so
is it my pruning or the weather that's to blame (it is on a west facing
fence).

Vines won't start to burst into leaf for another couple of months. I
pruned some vines last week and the sap was still not flowing.

David

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