Starting a Vineyard Part 14 - Winter Pruning (2nd year vines) for Double Guyot training system.

Anytime between January and the end of March is ideal time to prune the vines so they are ready for the new growing year.

In our vineyard we are using the Double Guyot method of training the vines, so the general shape that we are trying to achieve is a 'T' shape at the top of the main stem with each fruiting cane having about 8 to 10 buds. More or less everything else from the previous years growth can be cut off and discarded.

Remember these are second year vines, so the main fruiting canes that travel along the main trellis line are only one year old, so these can be left for the following year. Roll on one year from now and these canes will be 2 years old, so we would normally discard these fruiting canes and replace them with a suitable one year cane from the middle. This is why pruning second year vines is a bit different from older vines.

The main aim is to get rid of unnecessary growth from the previous year leaving one year old canes AND leaving some buds in the middle that will form new canes come summertime, two of which will become the following years fruiting canes. I hope this makes sense but message me if not.

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[LookWhoWetTheBed]

What a fantastically helpful channel, I have been working at a newly planted vineyard in Sussex since September and these videos are super helpful, thank you for doing this!

[giuliobaecker]

Please continue with updates! I really appreciate these videos

[fluffstermcbain]

Hiya! Have you made a follow-up video on those 3-year-olds? (Yes, I looked for it first ;) ) I feel inspired to follow your techniques, suddenly forming seems way easier c:

[goodgnarfun]

I love this series I started my mini vineyard last spring and your videos have been so helpful. Thank you!

[Lotrnd]

Can’t wait for the next update in the summer

[matt]

Love your video and great to see the vineyard coming along. Excited to see the next video in the series. How has your first batch of wine gone from last years harvest? Would be really interested to see a video on this process as well 🙂

[ChrisMusante]

Good job my friend!! May I trouble you for a quick question/answer? You mentioned that you leave the cane about 10-12 mm thick for your area - can you share what zone you are in? I would like to know how best to do likewise for a couple of vines that I've planted here in 'Western NY' - which is zone 6a. I'm an auto mechanic and just imagined using a 'wrench' to check the thicknesses that I might plan accordingly. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.

Also... I noticed that you are very keen to NOT make any 'assumptions' on what the future will bring - thus I can tell that you are a wise man. Peace to you.

[MrAndreFilipeLeitao]

Your videos helped me a lot! I got a 75 vineyard planted this year. Hope you keep uploading. Lets also watch the wine section. 😄 Greetings from Portugal.

[ranarafifarm]

Please tell me what type of pruning is perfect for which variety of grapes.
Because i have 7 varieties of grapes in my garden i don't know what method should i use spur pruning vs cane pruning.
My grapes varities is:
1) Vitro Black
2) King Rubi
3) Flame Seedless
4) Narc Black
5) Early White
6) Sultaniya C
7) Shugraan
8) Perlet

[KYKAYAKERey]

Thanks buddy u made it easy to figure out

[jon]

Really helpful as always ! Looking forward to seeing your Part 2. video on your wine making. I've just planted another row of Solaris & Pinot Gris this month. They seem to do really well in Yorkshire soil.

[aigogon]

Best practical tutorial for beginner but i think if u discuss about fertilizer, it will be more effective. Thanks from bangladesh. Wait for 3rd years video.

[mariacottle]

Thank you very much for your information

[Sam-tgii]

Thank you for the clear explanation. One question: is it possible to grow one of those canes vertically and cut it just below the top cable and get two canes grow out of it to go to left and right on the top cable?

[smithrockneil]

Thanks for the informative video. I'm curious... about how many bunches of grapes will you get from one cane with 8 buds?

[countrywoodsman]

Thanks for the grapevine information. 👍 God is good.

[emiliebarnett]

20 buds seems like way too many to leave on a 2 yr old vine . You don't get growth issues during the season? Thanks for the video

[linkmusic]

I appreciate your video and they have helped a lot with my 75 plant vineyard, i was wondering, how did you learn how to tend to grape vines

[Ooko.]

Could you also share the costs you've made in total of everything ? kind regards and thank you

[TheGoosebusta]

I have loved watching your vineyard series and have learned a lot! We hope to start our own little vineyard in the next few years. Question i have is why do you have to replace the canes that produce fruit this year with new ones next year? Do they always have to be one year old canes to produce the grapes?