Hey Tim, great show as always. I have bought a small property at Bathurst which has a couple of rows of grape vines in an orchard however they have not been tended to for several years and have gone wild. Any tips on bringing back to a viable crop? I would estimate that the vines are some 10 years old and despite the utter lack of care for the last 5 years still bore fruit last year.
They will continue to fruit but the bunches will become smaller. I recommend a good hard prune next year and they will respond well. Too late this season.
Im in NZ and have deep purple table grape vines. Pretty sure I get fruit on the 1st years new canes that grow. However Ive never really found out whether cane or spur pruning is best. Ive tried both but can't tell which is best. One thing is the vines are very vigorous and whilst I tried to keep on top of lateral growth and overall height the vines got away on me again this summer. Whilst three years ago I rejuvenated by initially hard pruning and re-establishing new cordons Im not getting much fruit. I suspect my cordons are a little long but it could be I need some super??? Certainly don't need any nitrogen as the vines are always lush, green and as I said very vigorous. I even tried two rows of fruiting cordons to try and get more growth into fruiting wood rather than extreme lateral and height growth but that didn't help. Any advice? Thanks
Hi Allan. Checking your leaves in autumn can indicate phosphorus/potassium deficiency leading to poor fruit. Long cordons not a good idea. Apical dominance. Cane pruning generally more fruitful.
Hey Tim, great video mate! Awesome tips! As someone who is in the wine industry Im looking forward to later videos!!
Nice one Tim! Would the pruning/training technique be relevant for table grapes too or totally different?
Some varieties of table grapes fruit off second year wood. Typically table grapes are grown on 6foot trellis
Hey Tim, great show as always. I have bought a small property at Bathurst which has a couple of rows of grape vines in an orchard however they have not been tended to for several years and have gone wild. Any tips on bringing back to a viable crop? I would estimate that the vines are some 10 years old and despite the utter lack of care for the last 5 years still bore fruit last year.
They will continue to fruit but the bunches will become smaller. I recommend a good hard prune next year and they will respond well. Too late this season.
Im in NZ and have deep purple table grape vines. Pretty sure I get fruit on the 1st years new canes that grow. However Ive never really found out whether cane or spur pruning is best. Ive tried both but can't tell which is best. One thing is the vines are very vigorous and whilst I tried to keep on top of lateral growth and overall height the vines got away on me again this summer. Whilst three years ago I rejuvenated by initially hard pruning and re-establishing new cordons Im not getting much fruit. I suspect my cordons are a little long but it could be I need some super??? Certainly don't need any nitrogen as the vines are always lush, green and as I said very vigorous. I even tried two rows of fruiting cordons to try and get more growth into fruiting wood rather than extreme lateral and height growth but that didn't help. Any advice? Thanks
Hi Allan. Checking your leaves in autumn can indicate phosphorus/potassium deficiency leading to poor fruit. Long cordons not a good idea. Apical dominance. Cane pruning generally more fruitful.
Loved this. How many vines to do you have?
Only 120. Enough for a small barrel.