prune in late feb or early march in zone 5. need to see what has winter killed and
remove that. around the time of the snowdrops.
do you leave pencil sized fruiting wood?
frankly, some years I have seen poor fruit set due to too much rain and no bees at
flowering. it may not have to do with the pruning.
Ingrid

"simy1" wrote:
I am surprised early spring is best for pruning. Not only I tried it
both ways and found that late fall was best (lots of bleeding, late
leafing and a miserable crop, and I pruned in March, or late winter),
for other vines late fall is best (hardy kiwis, which I also have). I
am in SE Michigan.


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