Download Pruning Grape Vines On Pergola Pictures. So, while some experts may tell you that the guyot training method is better than the pergola method, it really depends on the grape variety and. Depending how large the pergola is, keep this in mind because planting too many grape vines on a smallish pergola, will make summer treatments and pruning much harder!
Grapes are vigorous climbing vines, so they need a structure or support of some kind to grow over, such as a trellis, arbour or pergola.
Depending how large the pergola is, keep this in mind because planting too many grape vines on a smallish pergola, will make summer treatments and pruning much harder! Aside from being easy to grow and producing masses of fruit, grape vines can also be grown up pergolas or other structures and used to when pruning, cut back to a healthy bud. Prune the vine hard in winter, right back to the main framework of branches, as the grapevines bear fruit the method of pruning depends on the grape cultivar. These older canes can be identified by the bark colour, which tends to be greyish in colour and rougher in texture, as pinot noir: