PRUNING VINES.
Vines should be pruned as soon as possible after the leaves have fallen. Of course, there is a period during which a delay of a week or so makes no difference, but ,the slightest rise in the temperature so excites the sap that the
rule should be to prune as soon as possible after the fall of the leaf. Most vines are pruned to “spurs.” These are plump buds at the base of last season’s growth. If the lowest bud is weak, prune to the one above it, but this is
seldom necessary. The general and safest rule is to prune to the lowest bud. Any “snags” or short pieces of dead wood should be cut away as ‘close as possible so as to leave no harbour for mealy bug or red spider.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20363, 21 July 1934, Page 23 (Supplement)
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