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OK, I know that you can't do it from early spring onwards, but you
can do it in summer. I assume that early spring is when the buds
start to swell (indicating that the sap is rising), or perhaps a
little before that, but when does the summer pruning season start?

The reason I ask is that I have a V. coignetae that I am training
over a pergola, and it will assuredly produce a lot of shoots that
will go in directions I don't want. I can see the buds opening ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.