How to Grow a Four-Year-Old Grapevine in Just Two Years ( best way to grow grape vines fast )., by Mincho Tankov 🍇 on YouTube. 26 min 55 s.
- Video length
- 26 min 55 s
- Time to do it
- About 1 hour of work, spread o
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Steps
- 10
What you need
Steps
In winter, while the vine is dormant, cut healthy pencil-thick canes from last season's growth. Pick wood with at least three plump buds and no damage.
Trim each cutting to about 25 to 30 cm. Make a flat cut just above the top bud and a slanted cut below the bottom bud so you can tell which end goes down.
Store the cuttings in slightly damp sand or a sealed bag at about 4 C until late winter. This lets the cut ends callus and improves rooting.
Fill deep pots with free-draining compost. Push each cutting in so two buds sit below the surface and one stays above, then water and let it drain.
Keep the pots around 20 to 25 C in bright light. Water when the surface starts to dry. Roots usually appear in three to six weeks.
Harden the rooted cuttings off for a week, then plant the strongest one in a sunny, sheltered spot with well-drained soil beside a trellis or wire.
Let one strong shoot grow upward and tie it loosely to the support. Rub out the other shoots so the vine builds a single clean trunk.
In the first winter, cut the trunk back to a healthy bud at the height where you want the cordon to start.
In the second season, train two shoots along the wire to form a permanent cordon. Pinch out growth you do not need and keep the vine tied in.
Prune in the second winter, leaving short spurs along the cordon. A well-grown vine can then carry its first small crop of grapes.
Tips and common mistakes
Take more cuttings than you need, since not every one will root, and label each bunch with the variety and date.
Plant cuttings the right way up: the slanted cut goes at the bottom and the flat cut at the top.
Wet, heavy soil rots cuttings, so use free-draining compost and never let pots stand in water.
Pruning shears and knives are sharp. Cut away from your body and wear gloves when handling the canes.
Questions
Can I root grape cuttings in a glass of water?
It sometimes works, but water roots are weak and often rot when the cutting goes into soil. Damp compost gives sturdier roots.
When is the best time to take grape cuttings?
In winter, while the vine is fully dormant and has dropped its leaves. Late winter is fine as long as the wood has not started sprouting.
How soon will the new vine produce grapes?
With fast early growth and correct pruning, a strong vine can give a small first crop in the second season. Bigger crops come in the years after that.
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