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Grapevines: planting and trellising

From site, variety and rootstock to deep-dug soil, a trellis of posts and wire with dimensions and a shopping list, planting grafted vines and the vine's first two years

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Grapevines: planting and trellising

In short

  • A vine needs the warmest spot on the holding: a south-facing slope or wall, out of the frost pocket.
  • Plant grafted vines on a rootstock that suits your soil; the rootstock protects against phylloxera.
  • Vineyard: rows 2–2.5 m apart, vines 1–1.2 m apart in the row; pergola: one vine every 2–4 m.
  • Trellis: posts every 5–6 m, end posts with anchors, a fruiting wire at 60–80 cm, with 2 pairs of wires above it.
  • The graft union 2–3 cm (1 in) above the soil, earthed up with loose soil until the vine starts growing.
  • In the first year keep one shoot tied to a cane; don't expect a crop before the third year.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. Pergola, wall or vineyard
  2. Site and soil
  3. Varieties and rootstocks
  4. Preparing the soil
  5. Layout and spacing
  6. Trellis: posts and wires
  7. Putting up a trellis step by step
  8. Pergola and vines against the house
  9. Planting step by step
  10. The first and second year
  11. Common mistakes
  12. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • Vineyard or pergola plan
  • Vine and post calculator
  • Trellis wire calculator
  • Shopping list for the trellis
  • Planting and first two years calendar
  • Vine register

Fields and checkboxes can be filled in with Adobe Acrobat Reader (desktop and mobile), and the calculator adds up by itself. Filling in may not work in some browsers. A print version comes with the screen PDF.

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