PRUNING VINES
EARLY WORK NECESSARY. A mistake very frequently made by amateurs is leaving tlic vine pruning till the end of the winter. The sap in the vine commences to rise with the first spell of spring weather, and if pruning is not done soon enough for the wounds to heal over before this the result is "bleeding." Just how serious bleeding is to a vine, and what the effect 011 a crop, is difficult to say; but
if very serious the amount of sap lost by one vine will run into pints, and it is not unusual to find the soil immediately below the wound quite moist from the exuded sap. Pruning should be undertaken as soon as the leaves have fallen, and in the ease of under glass and sheltered vines it can be done before every leaf is off," but in any case it should be done as early in winter as possible.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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