1st SEASON’S GROWTH

2nd SEASON’S GROWTH

3rd SEASON’S GROWTH

4th SEASON’S GROWTH

SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF GRAPEVINE
TRAINING SYSTEMS – YEARS 1-5

SPRING 2nd SEASON

SPRING 3rd SEASON

SPRING 4th SEASON

SPRING 5th SEASON

ESTABLISHING A DOUBLE TRUNK

PLANTING

TRUNK

TRUNK

ESTABLISHING

A SINGLE TRUNK

TRUNK

SINGLE SHOOT DEVELOPMENT

VERTICAL SHOOT POSITION (VSP)

GENEVA DOUBLE CURTAIN BILATERAL CORDON

SHOOT

TRUNK

TRUNK

TRUNK

CORDON

CORDON

CORDON

RENEWAL SPURS

CANE

CANE

BUD

CANE

TRUNK

RENEWAL SPUR

TRUNK

TRUNK

TRUNK

CORDON

CORDON

RENEWAL SPUR

CANE

ROOT STOCK

CATCH WIRES

RENEWAL SPUR

TRUNK

TRUNK

TRUNK

TRUNK

ROOT STOCK

CORDON

CORDON

TOPPED

The Ohio State University
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

UMBRELLA KNIFFIN

REVISED NOVEMBER 2003

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
OF GRAPEVINES UNDER VARIOUS
PRUNING AND TRAINING SYSTEMS

Years 1 through 5

FIXED

MOVEABLE

FRUITING WIRE

FOLIAGE or

TRAINING WIRE

COMMON GRAPEVINE TRAINING SYSTEMS

The Ohio State University
Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

FRUIT ZONE

(CLUSTER)

FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW

(CANOPY)

SCOTT HENRY

VERTICAL SHOOT POSITION

SMART-DYSON

GENEVA DOUBLE CURTAIN

LEGEND

SIDE VIEW

(LINE POST)

HIGH CORDON