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Some of you wonder why you would want to leave some bunches of grapes to help control vigor in young vines. I tried leaving some clusters on the more vigorous vines this year to see what effect it had on helping control their growth. Nothing scientific here, but here are some shots of vines I left very few grapes on in their second year. It has been one month since they were thinned a little and trained and weeded. Then I show the results of having to thin out some of the tangled mass to get them under control.
Same vines after pruning to resemble a vine
What had to come out
A vine balanced by some grapes without any additional pruning-more the way I want them.
A St. Pepin with grapes left for balancing
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Edited by: appleman
Same vines after pruning to resemble a vine
What had to come out
A vine balanced by some grapes without any additional pruning-more the way I want them.
A St. Pepin with grapes left for balancing
Another Frontenac