Grape Growing Newbie
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:56 am
Quick question for the experienced grape growers.
I started a grape vine in the early spring that is doing rather well, I have trimmed the lower laterals off during the growing season but leaving leaves intact to have one trunk.
It's already taller than where I want to start training it on lateral lines.
This will be trellised on a wall but I plan on following the photo below (2 tier) "the four-arm Kniffen method"
Do I need to wait till the fall?, Should I trim now? How do I get three shoots to train? One will go up to the 2nd tier and the other two will go vertically.
I'm afraid to cut it at the first wire and not have enough shoots.
Please forgive my verbiage, I have no idea what everything is called.
This is what I want ultimately.
I started a grape vine in the early spring that is doing rather well, I have trimmed the lower laterals off during the growing season but leaving leaves intact to have one trunk.
It's already taller than where I want to start training it on lateral lines.
This will be trellised on a wall but I plan on following the photo below (2 tier) "the four-arm Kniffen method"
Do I need to wait till the fall?, Should I trim now? How do I get three shoots to train? One will go up to the 2nd tier and the other two will go vertically.
I'm afraid to cut it at the first wire and not have enough shoots.
Please forgive my verbiage, I have no idea what everything is called.
This is what I want ultimately.