One of the tasks for this time of the year is to remove what we call "suckers" they are shoots that sprout from the vines in areas that we don't want them. We want the vine to focus all of its energy on the fruit producing shoots. So any extra shoots need to be removed.
Here is a picture of a sucker that needs to be removed. If left unattended this shoot would grow to several feet long and would pull nutrients away from the main fruit producing shoots.
Here is a before and after of the same vine.
Before
After
Sometimes they get rather large, here is one that got missed last year and has already produced several shoots. This has to be removed as well.
Before
After
It is a really simple task, but quite labor intensive. Each vine needs to be attended to.
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