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| Dear Internet: I bought a house for the first time. Found out I like gardening. Have no experience, but have been planting trees and ripping up neglect. I want to prune a grapevine to run up a pillar to the slatted roof of our front porch. The grape will need to climb about 10 feet before it branches out. I brought home and planted the vine. Faces west and gets sun from noon to sunset. The vine is about 1 foot high, then branches in the shape of a Y for 6 inches. There are some buds on the arms of the Y, a number of pruned branch spaces. Does anybody have any general advice about pruning grapes to climb? More specifically, can they have 2 trunks? Should I prune it all the way back to just prior to the first branching? Thanks in advance. |
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| You might find the information at the link below useful. It talks about both pruning for production and for ornamental use. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning grape vines
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