When do you cut the grape tips? My grapes have begun to blossom, and now I know this method. Can you cut off the top of the grapes at flowering time?
Inflorescence shaping is usually completed within one week before flowering, including pinching ear tips and cutting shoulder spikes. Spike tips can also be cut at flowering stage. If the inflorescence is too large, 1 ~ 2 shoulder spikes can be removed appropriately. Different varieties have different inflorescence sizes. The inflorescence length of Kyoho grape (a hybrid between Europe and America) is generally 8 ~ 10 cm, so the ear weight is about 1 kg when it is ripe, and the fruit is compact, uniform in color, high in sugar content and good in grape quality.