{"id":102488,"date":"2018-12-22T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-its-wise-to-prune-your-vines-before-christmas-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2018-12-22T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T11:08:04","slug":"why-its-wise-to-prune-your-vines-before-christmas-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-its-wise-to-prune-your-vines-before-christmas-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s wise to prune your vines before Christmas | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCut back now to ensure new, strong, fruit-bearing shoots next yearI have been half neglecting my vine, letting it do as it pleases, occasionally trying to tame its wild ways, but mostly allowing the blackbirds the pick of the few grapes that appeared. That is, until Guardian food writer Anna Jones shared her recipe for roasted grapes and goat\u2019s cheese. Now I want my fair share of grapes, too, which will mean whipping the wild vine back into shape.Vine pruning is up there with bonsai for being notoriously complicated. This is partly because there are numerous systems for vines developed for creating fine wines and perfect dessert grapes. These systems create curtains of stems that can hang over pergolas, or complex cordons to grow strictly up wires. They all come with detailed pruning advice and technical diagrams. (I can heartily recommend the RHS Pruning and Training Manual as a starting point.) Continue reading…
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Cut back now to ensure new, strong, fruit-bearing shoots next yearI have been half neglecting...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qF2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103643,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/for-juicy-fruit-grow-your-own-wine-grapes\/","url_meta":{"origin":102488,"position":0},"title":"For juicy fruit grow your own wine grapes","date":"February 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Harvesting from your own vine is an enticing prospect. 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