I sort of get stone fruit
But these two grapes are making me crazy! They are at least five years old, both green table grapes, and I get fruit, but I thought I would have figured this out by now!
I’ve called myself cane pruning one
Summer
Now
And one as a bunch of spurs at the top . Head training ]?
I’ve been watching You tube videos, but if you have a great resource, please share!
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@bogman , I knew this wasn’t my first time asking! This is perfect!
Both varieties fruit on new growth which pops out of last-year’s canes. With Perlette, which should be “spur pruned” (shorter pruning of this year’s wood), the fruit clusters will form closer to the main trunk. With the Thompson, which is “cane pruned”, a bit more of this year’s wood is left and clusters of fruit form farther towards the tip of where you prune. Here’s a good writeup. And!! It mentions both varieties.
I can never remember this stuff, so refer to reference books or bookmarked w…
