Haven’t got round to pruning your grape vines yet? You need to get a wiggle on as garden experts have warned early spring is your last chance to do it. Pruning is the process of cutting back parts of ...
Wow, it’s March and thankfully frigid February is over! We had many cold days; it seemed like it never got over freezing ...
Pruning soft fruits at the right time is essential to keeping plants productive. Follow our guide to get the most out of your fruit bushes and vines. Grapevines are exuberant climbers, so if you ...
Your established greenhouse grapevine is now dormant, so now is the time to prune it. The object is to leave the rod (the main long, woody shoot) in place, and shorten the spurs (sideshoots). These ...
Oh, the excitement we feel when planning this year’s garden! The sunny days and warmer temperatures that happen this time of year let us know spring is coming.
Francis Ford Coppola and his late wife Eleanor acquired Inglenook. Here's how early pruning crafts balanced wines at this Napa Valley estate.
A vine training system in which canes (branches that are generally between one and three years old) are pruned down to bud-bearing stubs (aka spurs) along the vine’s woody branches, cordons. This ...
Grapevines are ideal plants for covering gaps ... If you have a wall, use vine eyes instead. Dig a hole wider and deeper than the root ball of the plant, 15cm (6in) away from your fence or wall.