Author Question: Your neighbor gives you some raspberry and strawberry plants that he says are everbearing cultivars. ... (Read 52 times)

lak · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Your neighbor gives you some raspberry and strawberry plants that he says are everbearing cultivars. What times of the year would you expect them to produce fruit?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain how you would prune and train a grapevine from immediately after it is planted until it is 3 years old.

What will be an ideal response?

bd5255 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Once in early summer and again in fall

Answer to Question 2

First year: Select the strongest shoot and tie it up to the bottom wire of a trellis. That winter prune off all remaining canes.
Second year: The second summer the shoot will reach the top wire of the trellis and should be tied to it. Then the tip is cut off to cause branching.
Third year: The side shoots that develop after the main trunk is tipped should be trained along the wires of the trellis, with one side shoot in each direction along each wire.