Old grape vines

[Anonymous-0]

I need help on what to do for a couple of rows of grapes,They haven't been cared for for a few years. Do I cut them back,or what? Any and All advice greatly appreciated. Thanks Mike

 

[banjo]

i would prune them. I assume they are mature vines.

Find the main branch and start pruning the limbs coming off it to about 8" . Depending on the way they are trellised , you may have more than one main branch.

you might try doing an internet search on how to prune grapevines.

 

[Sid]

My experience with grape vines is smoking, or trying to smoke them. That wasn't something I tried the second time.

 

[stan jefferies]

do a soil test around your vines as well, getting ph correct on grapes is important and it isnt going to cost squat to buy a bag of lime, its about 3 bucks.

 

[chuck bolton]

if u remove all of the buds-- there will be no crop this year-- its hard to explain,(i think) tho i bet the extension service or google will have a good explaination-- i trimmed some so badly it took 2 years to get a crop-- becareful