In the previous post, “Layering A Grape Vine“, I showed you how to layer a grape vine.  As your grape vine starts showing signs of new growth, you need to manage these layers in order to maximize the shoot growth of the new grape vine and to develop the frame work (cordons) of the new as quickly as possible.

This is what the new layer looks like after just a few weeks.

When the new shoots start developing from the buds on the cane you layered, you should remove them as soon as possible.  This is a very simple process; just break them off by hand. 

For those of you who has the Complete Grape Growers Guide;  keep an insurance shoot and new training shoot as shown in the guide and train them up the training string as the pictures in the e-book shows you.  Once the vine reach the trellis wires, you can split it (if your training system requires it) or simply train it to the cordon wires and start developing the frame work (as shown in the guide).

You will notice that a training shoot from a layered grape vine grows much faster than from a newly planted cutting.  This is because it gets energy and nutrients from the original (old) grape vine.

I do hope this will help you manage your layered grape vine. 

Take care

Danie

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