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Originally Posted by nick the grief  Hi Smuff,
Welcome to the vine. Next year try thining the bunches out a bit that way you'll get bigger grapes. You'll need some long thin scissors to get in to the bunch - You used to be able to buy grape thining scissors don't know if yuo still can.
Your doing something right though if your getting good grapes 600ft up. Are they outside or under cover? |
Most definitely under glass. It's grown in a cold greenhouse which I keep as dry as possible during winter.
When you say good grapes; I think this is a good year considering my location. There are fewer bunches than normal and they were blasted by the sun for the whole of July which probably helped concentrate the flavour.
Interestingly I just checked the vine and found a bunch with fewer, bigger grapes.
I've heard of thining out bunches before but never did it due to the percieved faff of trimming tiny grapes. I'll be trying it next year though