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Growing results and crops · GR-13
Grapevine Pruning and Vine Balance Record
A free printable grapevine pruning record: reference vines with shoots counted, buds left, prunings weighed and the crop at harvest, four seasons side by side.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
See whether a vine is growing too hard or too weakly from weights and counts. The same flagged vines, weighed every year, show what a change in pruning did.
Who it is for
Small vineyard owners, home winemakers and allotment holders with grapevines.
How to use it
- Flag your reference vines and fill in their row, variety and training.
- Count the shoots before pruning, then note the canes or spurs kept and buds left.
- Weigh each vine's one-year-old prunings on the same scale every year.
- At harvest, count the clusters and weigh the crop from the same vines.
- Copy each season's figures onto page two and note what you changed.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Flagged reference vines counted before pruning, their prunings weighed and their crop counted and weighed at harvest, with four seasons side by side to show whether a change worked.
Same vines, same scale, every year. No target is printed for shoots per vine, buds left or crop against prunings: what suits a vine depends on variety, training and site, so take any figure from your adviser or guide. Weigh only the one-year-old wood, use the same scale and unit each year, and go back to the same flagged vines.
Write-on lines: Vineyard or garden · Block or row · Season · Weight unit · Recorded by
Reference vines this season — one line per flagged vine
Also printed: Winter pruning · Harvest · Vine · Variety · Training · Pruned · Shoots · Canes · kept · Buds · left · Prunings · Clusters · Yield · Picked · Yield ÷ · prunings · row, no. · cane, spur · date · counted · or spurs · count · weight · your sum
Page 2
Season by season — copy each season's figures here and keep this page from year to year
Also printed: Season ______ · Vine · Planted · Prunings · Yield · Vigour, changes made · row, no. · year · weight · stronger, weaker, same; why
Ruled lines: Notes: changes to pruning, training, feeding or canopy, and what followed
Questions
Why is no target ratio of crop to prunings printed?
Because what suits a vine depends on variety, training, rootstock and site, and guides give different ranges. Work out your own figure, take any target from your adviser or guide, and use the season-by-season page to see which way your vines are moving.
Why only some vines?
Weighing every vine takes too long for most growers. A set of flagged reference vines, returned to each year, gives a consistent picture of the block. How many to flag is a choice for you or your adviser.
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