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The time to prune grapevines is from January through the first of March, when the grapes are dormant. There are two types of grape pruningâcane pruning and spur pruning. Mature plants should be pruned yearly to remove all growth except new one-year-old fruiting canes and renewal spurs. Grapes are produced from buds that will grow into shoots on one-year old canes.
Prune the plants each winter so that all new growth is reduced to two or three new buds. This will keep the vine in check and force better fruit production. Prune any time after the plant has entered dormancy, up to almost the last frost in your area. Late pruning may delay the onset of spring budding by a few days. Keep the wood pruned off the top of the vine. After four or five years, remove some of the fruiting branches to force new wood.