Prune grapevines every year to keep them healthy and productive. ... Cut those short so that only three buds (swollen bumps on the cane) are left. Those buds will form next year’s fruiting canes.

Located on the cordon or the head, a spur is a cane that has been pruned to retain one to five buds. Read more: How To Get Rid Of Weeds In Your Garden Best Practices For Pruning Grape Vines ...

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Follow these easy methods for pruning grape vines to guarantee neat growth and generous cropping every year. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

It’s not unusual for a single bud to grow into a cane several feet long. Some of my vigorous Concord vines will produce canes 12 feet long in one season.

The foremost goal of pruning, then, is to help the plant maintain good health by judicious pruning, which means you understand how pruning affects the whole system. An important insight is that ...

Grapevines in particular may "bleed" a lot of sap the later you prune, because the sap is rising now. It can worry a gardener to see that sap, but the plant won't bleed to death, and the oozing ...