Spur Pruning Technique | Grapes Basic Guide

Spur pruning is done on vines that retain one or two pairs of long canes (a permanent cordon) trained along a trellis system. Each winter, new canes that have grown along the permanent cordon are cut back to a small shoot containing two buds, known as a spur. In spring new growth develops from the buds on the spur. Most grape varieties do best with spur pruning but in some grape varieties the lower basal buds that produce fruit on spur-pruned varieties are not fruitful. For these varieties cane pruning is the preferred method. Cane-pruned varieties start bearing fruit on buds further out on the cane. #pruning #grapes #vines