ties and add a longer stake. your plants may get to 60 inches in the first year. allow only the first strong vine to grow, pinching off all others, until it reaches your first training wire – that will be about 60 inches up. once the vine attaches firmly to the wire, remove the stake. allow the vine to continue towards the second stake if it will, but sixty inches is an excellent first year’s growth.
remove all shoots before the first wire and also all shoots between the wires once the vine reaches the top wire and latches on. a mature grape vine will have four to six canes with 