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Help with 3 year old Grape vine

iamchinnyiamchinny Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg
Hello,

I have a (I think) 3 year old grapevine planted in a large pot. My dad made a trellis design with the intention of training the vine along it... but as you can see in the photos this hasn't gone well.

 It fruited in it's first year but only leaves the next two years. I know that I haven't really pruned this properly but there is so much information on the net I feel rather confused.

Could anyone please help me with how and when to prune this. Is it even able to be rescued? Thank you. Sorry the photos seem to be upside down, I don't know how to change it.






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  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hello

    Have a look on this thread "How do I renovate a very old vine?" a little further down the list or maybe on Page 2;

    @DaveGreig and @Busy-Lizzie gave some very good advice about pruning.

    Good luck.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    You have to edit the photo to turn it and reduce the size. There is a glitch on this site.





    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I have never grown a grape vine in a pot, but it can be done. I only know about training them along a wall. Pruning is quite important in that case, also what time of year you prune the old stems.

    There is some advice about pot grown vines here:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/grapes/container-grown-grapes.htm

    https://www.gardeningchores.com/growing-grapes-in-containers/
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    In terms of overall plant health, clearing the weeds out of the pot would be a good idea.
    Has it been potted on, or fed? If not, that might be part of the reason for not fruiting after the first year. The nutrients in the compost will have been used up.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • iamchinnyiamchinny Posts: 2
    Thank you for your help in comments and changing the photo so far. I will weed the pot. It has been fed with tomato fertiliser once a week through the summer but still no fruits. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    What sort of compost is in the pot?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    You need to establish a basic framework then prune off all side shoots to 2 or 3 buds. You only need a couple of branches growing off the main trunk. It may be too late now, old stems will bleed. Then when the baby grape bunches start you prune off all the young green growth, which doesn't bleed, to a bit in front of each bunch. It doesn't look as though you have pruned it, but you know that. Then each winter prune each stem that is growing from the main stem and the couple of branches down to 2 buds. As it gets bigger this means cutting quite a bit off.

    I think it could do with being re-potted into a bigger pot with fresh compost.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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