Grapes: pruning in summer and spring

The maintenance of grapes and care of it consist in formation of bushes by their circumcision. Do you want to get healthy and fruitful grapes? Pruning in summer is able to provide this. This procedure helps create favorable conditions for flowering, maturation and further harvest. It also forms a bush so that it is convenient to cover the grapes in winter. Pruning in summer or spring helps to increase the yield and maturation of large clusters.

Most often the procedure consists of pinching shoots on bushes, chasing, pasynkovaniya, thinning leaves and breaking off unnecessary dry branches. This allows you to ensure the prevention of certain types of diseases, access to sunlight to the bushes, etc. Therefore, pruning grapes in summer or spring is not limited to the same procedure.

Grapes grow quite well in the regions of Siberia, but the pruning of the vines in the spring is not carried out because of the possible loss of the sap, which leads to a slowing of bud blossoming and shoot growth. In early June, when the sap flow is over, it will be necessary to remove those branches that have been exposed to drying and deterioration from frost and disease. As the Germans say, "do not wait for a good harvest unless you provide grape care." Pruning in summer or spring is the part of the care that is crucial for the maturation of the future crop.

Tying the shoots is one of the main procedures for the complex maintenance and care of grapes. There are 2 types of garters: green and dry. The latter is carried out to give a particular direction to the vine (inclined, horizontal, arc or ring). In the southern regions, the end of April or the beginning of May is best for the garter. In the more northern regions, the procedure is best carried out not earlier than the beginning of June, since the vines will not survive the spring frosts.

The procedure of "green garter" is to fix the shoots with trellis. This can be done with the help of twine, strips of film, weed stems or strawberry tendrils. For a better understanding of the process of performing these procedures, you can see how the pruning of grapes looks in the pictures.

Observance of proper care obliges to break off shoots in the spring period twice. The first is during the bud blossoming (barren shoots are removed), the second is after frost and garter of the vine. The procedure for pinching (removal) is carried out at the beginning of flowering. Experts believe that this is the best way to prepare the berries for tying. Mint shoots are necessary until the appearance of the first normal sheet. For this purpose, the first or second decade of August is best suited. Adult grapes are minted in the event that there is a strong growth of shoots, which already exceed the height of the upper trellis and begin to move away. Leaves also need thinning. A few weeks before ripening, remove some of the sheets at the base.

Performing all the necessary procedures, you can prepare for a better maturation in the fall of your grapes. Pruning in summer and spring is a necessary "green operation". However, it should be remembered that this procedure is contraindicated for young grapes.