The Lomanto and Black Spanish are going into their 3rd year. I will let each lateral from last year retain two buds this year for two new laterals.  Factor in some basil buds forming laterals and we should have plenty of grapes. Haven’t decided on how many clusters to keep on each lateral.  So much debate on how many to keep.  Usually only one per lateral, but some studies have shown some vines can handle two clusters and still ripen on time and not over produce.  Pictures below show the before and after of the pruning.

After

Check out the pile of vines behind Dakota from all the vines we pruned this year.  I did save 200 for propagation of new vines and made a couple of wreaths.  I’ll post more on propagation later.