Thread: more grapes vs better grapes
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Old 08-07-2013, 01:20 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default more grapes vs better grapes
On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 13:11:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hello,

I'm growing grapes. Several websites advise me to prune leaves from the grapevine, in order to produce more grapes. I'm not interested in more grapes; I want better grapes. My naive guess is that more leaves produce more sugar and sweeter fruit.

Anybody want to weigh in?

Grapes benefit greatly from severe pruning... once grapes begin to
form remove fully 1/3 of the vine by weight... theo when when leaves
begin to shrivel remove all growth past the current year's bud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Z8I2WCLNk
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