We’ll begin Pruning the vineyard in the first part of January. This marks the official start of the 2008 vintage. - At Bishop Creek Vineyard we employ a “cane and spur” trellis system. That means that we use two shoots from the previous vintage extending along the fruiting wire in either direction from the center of the head of the trunk. We trim a third shoot down to two buds so that we can increase our chances of having a viable shoot below the fruiting wire for the next vintage. The general rules on selecting good shoots are; 1)They’re pencil thick . 2)they have 3-4 inches of internodal spacing (nodes are spots on the shoot where leaves come out. Too much space between nodes means over vigorous, too little space means stunted). 3)they’re close to the head 4) they’re below the fruiting wire. Taking care of all of these precautions help to ensure that we have well balanced plants this year.
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