After several pruning videos, I didnt see anything "wrong" with how she was pruning and I especially appreciated the info about the pruners, the placement of your cut between two buds and the reassurance that you cant really overprune. The camera placement could have been better but I thought it was a great video thanks for taking the time to make and post.
Thank you Carol. I have a new house with old grape vines in an arbor, and after searching through many confusing videos, I found yours, which is clear, informative and very helpful! Thanks.
I think is a great video. She tried the best to explain the minimal details. Her first words are the main subject of the video. It is a work of love. Thanks.
GREAT and INFORMATIVE! You answered every question, giving me the confidence I needed. and... Very! Easy to understand. Thanx Carol, Tonia in weld county.
I found this very helpful, especially details about the type of pruners, the sap issue, and the reasons for the specific placement of the cuts (different from rose pruning, e.g.) and for other issues in pruning. You anticipated a lot of questions, used the proper terms for vine parts, and produced a video which is very worthy. I agree that editing in a couple of close-ups would have made this killer. You're a natural teacher. Thank you!
wonderfull i looked at few videos and told my wife i must be dumb of course she said maybe so. Yours is the one i finally understood. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOD BLESS YOU
Thanks for the informative video. Just what I needed to know. It would have been nice to see a close up but I think I've got it! Just enough info the novice gardener.
I listened to alot of pruning videos..but yours is the best. You have a good instructional style. I just planted a Thompson seedless. What do i do for the first year? Do i prune at all as its growing. Its five feet tall. How do i know whats an arm and what's a shoot?
This was great. I appreciated learning things I never knew - about bypass pruners, the dieback of the vine so cut it a couple of inches up from the bud, so much of it. But I agree with everyone that the camera angle was so difficult, seeing it from the side rather than the front. There was one shot from the front that was very helpful, it would have been great to see the actual pruning this way. But thank you, I learned a lot and am heading outside now to do it!
Thanks for sharing carol, I need some advise please ...i have a grape vine and the stem is really thick and from growing up it branches from left to right, now im a beginner i seen many videos on just leaving 2 nodes from the main stem i can leave more after seeing your video incase of damage from the weather then cut back later .. my question is the main stem how long should i leave it as its thick im in the uk and pruning in november 4 nodes so 2 under and 2 above the soil im new as i said so advise needed please
Thank you for this excellent video. We just bought a house with a fairly large grape arbor. Grapes everywhere! I doubt it's ever been pruned properly, if at all. We'll wait until after winter when the buds start, and cut it back as you teach.
Arms? What arms? Leave all of the branches that are there? Some say to get rid of the ones on the bottom. I agree about the camera angle. It looks like the same old vine she started with. She had some really interesting information, especially about the sap running and the vine dying back a bit. I would have had a heart attack:) My vine had a zillion grapes this year. I planted just a dug up root I got about 5 years ago from my childhood neighbour when the neighbourhood was leveled.
Carol, what type of grape are you trimming? I have concord and they are hard to prune as you are describing, cutting back to two buds. What about the long growth from this year? Should I remove them? If so it will take a whole lot of the production for this year.. A frontal view of your doing the pruning would be good to see. Thanks you.
I'm guessing that it differs depending on the growing season where you live. She says to wait until the buds just start to show up, and talks about worrying about freezing. I'm thinking watch your plants in early spring...wait for the buds, and try to gauge the freezing before it warms up. If nothing else, cut it down to 10 buds when they start showing up, and then down to 2 buds when it it's definitely warmer and the shoots start coming in. That's what I'll do in Utah anyway.
Have vines running all over place, and never been pruned. About 10 yrs old should I prune way back or go for about three buds left on a vine. Just asking
Several times in the video Carol said "at this time of year". WHAT TIME OF YEAR? My father always said to prune grapes in the late fall and the background in the video looks like fall. But, the video was uploaded in april, which suggests early/mid spring, before leaves and flowers show. When should I prune?
I think I blew it. I ignored the grapes the first three years. I planted three. Each one is--I think--too short, the trunk only goes a foot off the ground before the arms develop. Is there any way to get the trunk taller three years in. Otherwise, I have some nice one year canes and the grape harvest this year was very nice. Thanks for any help!
Really helpful spoken advice, but the camera angle is such that it's very difficult to see what you're doing. Basically the video viewer is looking at what you're doing from the side, with the mess of grapevines obscuring the view. Consider re-shooting from your (the speaker's) point of view? Thanks for the info though!
I agree with John Burgoon----Good instruction, but the photographer should have been in front of the vine rather than the side, so that we could see the trunk and arms and how they relate to the shoots before and after.
I think you need to rethink the use of the word "abuse" in managing your plants. Abuse implies improper actions, whereas harsh or severe pruning isn't "abusing" the grapevine, but demonstrating strong management.
sorry to say it's a crap video with very poor side angle. camera needs to be front facing. I couldn't see what canes she's pruned. rather too long aswell
Thank you Carol. I view this every Spring to review the pruning process. Really appreciate your demonstration here.
Finally, an explanation of how to prune grapes that I could understand. Thank you!
I love the videos where Carol O'Meara is instructing. They are informative, precise and she knows her stuff. :)
After several pruning videos, I didnt see anything "wrong" with how she was pruning and I especially appreciated the info about the pruners, the placement of your cut between two buds and the reassurance that you cant really overprune. The camera placement could have been better but I thought it was a great video thanks for taking the time to make and post.
Thank you Carol. I have a new house with old grape vines in an arbor, and after searching through many confusing videos, I found yours, which is clear, informative and very helpful! Thanks.
I think is a great video. She tried the best to explain the minimal details. Her first words are the main subject of the video. It is a work of love. Thanks.
GREAT and INFORMATIVE! You answered every question, giving me the confidence I needed. and... Very! Easy to understand. Thanx Carol, Tonia in weld county.
Thank you for the pointing out the different style of pruners and their uses. Learn something new all the time.
I found this very helpful, especially details about the type of pruners, the sap issue, and the reasons for the specific placement of the cuts (different from rose pruning, e.g.) and for other issues in pruning. You anticipated a lot of questions, used the proper terms for vine parts, and produced a video which is very worthy. I agree that editing in a couple of close-ups would have made this killer. You're a natural teacher. Thank you!
Really informative. Appreciated. Camera angle did not show what was taking place though.
wonderfull i looked at few videos and told my wife i must be dumb of course she said maybe so. Yours is the one i finally understood. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOD BLESS YOU
This was great! Thanks for making it easy.
Thanks for the informative video. Just what I needed to know. It would have been nice to see a close up but I think I've got it! Just enough info the novice gardener.
great video!
I listened to alot of pruning videos..but yours is the best. You have a good instructional style. I just planted a Thompson seedless. What do i do for the first year? Do i prune at all as its growing. Its five feet tall. How do i know whats an arm and what's a shoot?
This was great. I appreciated learning things I never knew - about bypass pruners, the dieback of the vine so cut it a couple of inches up from the bud, so much of it. But I agree with everyone that the camera angle was so difficult, seeing it from the side rather than the front. There was one shot from the front that was very helpful, it would have been great to see the actual pruning this way. But thank you, I learned a lot and am heading outside now to do it!
Well done for giving the reasons for each pruning aspect and what will be achieved rather than just telling us what to do.
Thanks for sharing carol,
I need some advise please ...i have a grape vine and the stem is really thick and from growing up it branches from left to right, now im a beginner i seen many videos on just leaving 2 nodes from the main stem i can leave more after seeing your video incase of damage from the weather then cut back later .. my question is the main stem how long should i leave it as its thick im in the uk and pruning in november 4 nodes so 2 under and 2 above the soil im new as i said so advise needed please
Great Video. Bookmarked for later reference.
Thank you for this excellent video. We just bought a house with a fairly large grape arbor. Grapes everywhere! I doubt it's ever been pruned properly, if at all. We'll wait until after winter when the buds start, and cut it back as you teach.
Arms? What arms? Leave all of the branches that are there? Some say to get rid of the ones on the bottom. I agree about the camera angle. It looks like the same old vine she started with. She had some really interesting information, especially about the sap running and the vine dying back a bit. I would have had a heart attack:) My vine had a zillion grapes this year. I planted just a dug up root I got about 5 years ago from my childhood neighbour when the neighbourhood was leveled.
Thanks for a lot of good info
Carol, what type of grape are you trimming? I have concord and they are hard to prune as you are describing, cutting back to two buds. What about the long growth from this year? Should I remove them? If so it will take a whole lot of the production for this year.. A frontal view of your doing the pruning would be good to see. Thanks you.
I'm guessing that it differs depending on the growing season where you live. She says to wait until the buds just start to show up, and talks about worrying about freezing. I'm thinking watch your plants in early spring...wait for the buds, and try to gauge the freezing before it warms up. If nothing else, cut it down to 10 buds when they start showing up, and then down to 2 buds when it it's definitely warmer and the shoots start coming in. That's what I'll do in Utah anyway.
I am using my grape vines for patio privacy. I leave the grapes for the birds in the winter. Is there any reason to prune other than guiding coverage?
Can we utilized this pruned branches for propagating? How are we going to propagate
Have vines running all over place, and never been pruned. About 10 yrs old should I prune way back or go for about three buds left on a vine. Just asking
Several times in the video Carol said "at this time of year".
WHAT TIME OF YEAR?
My father always said to prune grapes in the late fall and the background in the video looks like fall. But, the video was uploaded in april, which suggests early/mid spring, before leaves and flowers show.
When should I prune?
It is spring. She talks about the buds swelling and preparing to burst.
I think I blew it. I ignored the grapes the first three years. I planted three. Each one is--I think--too short, the trunk only goes a foot off the ground before the arms develop. Is there any way to get the trunk taller three years in. Otherwise, I have some nice one year canes and the grape harvest this year was very nice.
Thanks for any help!
Can you please tell me where I can purchase cutters like the one you are using?
Do you have to wait until spring or can you do it in the fall?
What time of the year is the best pruning grapes
Okay. You're really funny. Referring her as him. Thumbs up to you.
Good.. Thailand..
Really helpful spoken advice, but the camera angle is such that it's very difficult to see what you're doing. Basically the video viewer is looking at what you're doing from the side, with the mess of grapevines obscuring the view. Consider re-shooting from your (the speaker's) point of view? Thanks for the info though!
COULD YOU DO A VIDEO ON HOW TO PRUNE PRUNES ?
Nice enough direction, but it would be helpful for the camera to focus on the unpruned plant and later the finished plant. Thanks.
Yes, good explaining but poor video
I agree with John Burgoon----Good instruction, but the photographer should have been in front of the vine rather than the side, so that we could see the trunk and arms and how they relate to the shoots before and after.
Nic work
I like to try riding that bronc.
Good, why cameraman stays away from subject?
I think you need to rethink the use of the word "abuse" in managing your plants. Abuse implies improper actions, whereas harsh or severe pruning isn't "abusing" the grapevine, but demonstrating strong management.
sorry to say it's a crap video with very poor side angle. camera needs to be front facing. I couldn't see what canes she's pruned. rather too long aswell
A side view NOT showing a front view of before and after- all you see nearly the WHOLE video- is a bunch of brush...
You can’t see what you are cutting!
Oh please! I don't need help.
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Not a lot of help, you need more close-ups to actually see what she's doing, having only side shots is fairly useless.
Horrible angle.
Says who? Are you a pro? There are many ways to prune grape vines.
Pls no vois....
unwatchable