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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Remove any shoots that aren't where you want them as early as possible, so the vine can put the energy into the shoots you do want.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On May 23, 2006, at 9:55 AM, beth mccrindle wrote:

Despite having read most of Lon's excellent primer, I
an still at a loss as to what to do with new shoots
coming of the main vines below the canopy of my arbor.
Can these shoots, some with grape clusters on them, be
pinched off without ill effect to the health of the
vine?
Kevin McCrindle, Waterloo IA Zone 4b