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Grape vine move
I want to move a vine approx 4yrs old from a north/west facing wall to a
south/east facing wall (no other options) but I need to know when and what I need to do with the vine before the move. It has been neglected in its present position and has spread all over the place. Do I cut it back to near ground level and move it. Or take cuttings and start it again. I must admit that I am not the best gardener but I want the vine to thrive along the new fence. |
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I would wait till fall, the leaves are gone and it is completely dormant.
Then I would prune off all but the main trunk and a couple of laterals. I would dig the root ball as large as I could handle and see if I could get some help moving it so I didn't damage it further. Plant it, water it, and tie the laterals you left, to your wire or other support. Good luck. Dwayne "Merlin" wrote in message ... I want to move a vine approx 4yrs old from a north/west facing wall to a south/east facing wall (no other options) but I need to know when and what I need to do with the vine before the move. It has been neglected in its present position and has spread all over the place. Do I cut it back to near ground level and move it. Or take cuttings and start it again. I must admit that I am not the best gardener but I want the vine to thrive along the new fence. |
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In message , Merlin
writes I want to move a vine approx 4yrs old from a north/west facing wall to a south/east facing wall (no other options) but I need to know when and what I need to do with the vine before the move. It has been neglected in its present position and has spread all over the place. Do I cut it back to near ground level and move it. Or take cuttings and start it again. Don't try to move it or take cuttings until December/January when the sap is at its lowest. At that point you can take cuttings *and* move the vine itself. Already with a four-year-old vine you will find it has very long roots. Get as much as you can out and then snip the rest off. No need to take soil with it but don't, on any account, let the roots dry out, and try to do it on a frost-free day. A young a four-year-old vine should adapt itself to its new position easily enough. Cut back to one main stem about a foot long, but make sure you have a few buds from this year's growth as it is from these that the vine will start to push out new shoots in the spring. When taking cuttings, make sure you have lengths of about 12 inches or so, the thickness of a pencil, with nodes at the top and bottom. For that length you'll usually have three to four nodes. Put them into a spare piece of ground and leave them for at least a year, keeping them weed free and moist, of course. You'll find that most of them will strike. I'm in the process of creating some pages on the cultivation of the vine which you may (or may not!) find helpful. They're still in their early stages, though! Try http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk/vines.htm And now, by coincidence, today I'm going to pick my grapes and make this year's wine! David -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Internet: | writing from | | Fidonet: David Rance 2:252/110 | Le Mesnil Villement, | | BBS: telnet://mesnil.demon.co.uk | Calvados, France | +------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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