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Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 10:10 am
by dugit
My two vines I planted three years ago are sprouting some very long shoots now end of May, is it ok for me to cut them back or should I leave them both alone?. They are on a south facing fence and I live in south east England.
Re: Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 12:38 pm
by mikew1972
Vine applies to a whole group of plants as does 'tree' or 'shrub'.
What kind have you got?
Re: Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 3:00 pm
by dugit
I have two sorts of vine: a) Flame red and b) Lakemont green.
Re: Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:02 pm
by wine~o
Are we talking "Vinis vitefera" (Grape Vine) or not ?? coz I don't recognise those as grape vines ??
Re: Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 10:27 am
by dugit
I now have my answer as follows: "During the growing season any sub-laterals that flower and set fruit should be pruned back to two leaves beyond the bunch of grapes, non fruiting sub-laterals should be pruned back to five leaves from the lateral".
Thank you for your reply
Re: Sprouting Vine shoots, shouid I prune ?
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 4:08 pm
by wine~o
Right so they are grape vines...
RHS give great advice on how/when to prune and how to train..
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=284