{"id":298,"date":"2009-02-09T23:25:26","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T21:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T11:35:57","slug":"niel-and-suzanas-grape-vines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/niel-and-suzanas-grape-vines\/","title":{"rendered":"Niel and Suzana’s Grape Vines"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, although a bit later than anticipated, here it is:\u00a0 Niel and Suzana’s grape vines.<\/p>\n

Niel’s Grape Vine:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Niel is from New\u00a0Zealand and is\u00a0a member of the Complete Grape Growing System.\u00a0\u00a0A few\u00a0weeks ago, he send\u00a0this email:<\/p>\n

Hi Danie<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Awesome book!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
My section is very narrow so your favourite way to grow grapes , doesn’t suit my property. So I have grown on four wire structure my fence you see in the pictures run north facing so I get all day sun . I have 3 varieties planted so far, two modern varieties only 2 year from planting they are developing nicely. But the variety I’m going to show you is very old not sure what it is as I planted it from a cutting. This is now its 3 year from planting. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Questions:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1. I have this vine growing really well from the centre of the vine it extends 7mt in each direction is this too far to produce consistent bunches of grapes ?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
2. Because this is a cutting, do the bunches look OK , they don’t look plentiful with grapes , because this vine is only 3 years is it still too young to produce larger bunches ?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Just need some advice to check I’m on the right track or will I need to graphed on some new varieties to plant and use current plant as root stock this winter \u00a0?. Thanks Danie<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Regards<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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First of all I didn’t upload all the pictures he send me,\u00a0it’s great looking grape vine Niel got\u00a0there, especially if you take into consideration that it is only 3 years old – well done!<\/p>\n

I can see how he\u00a0adapted the info from the grape growing system, to suite his specific needs and\u00a0to develop the framework of his grape vine.\u00a0\u00a0This is the beauty of the system isn’t it?\u00a0 It shows you the basics of how it’s done, that will trigger your own creativity for developing ANY<\/strong> grape vine, and then take you one step further into becoming a successful grape grower.<\/p>\n

To get to Niel’s questions:<\/p>\n