I wondered if I almost killed them during the pruning this year, because I removed so much growth. Then there was a hard freeze. Not the case. Now as lush as ever. The grape clusters have barely started to form, but there may be over a hundred clusters. The arbor shades the bedroom so well I think the temperature is 10 degrees cooler. I did not measure that effect however. One issue is that the branches grew so fast, some broke off at their origin. I've been pruning a few back. The chickens love eating grape leaves, denuding branches within minutes on throwing them into the chicken yard.
Some vines have grown more than 6 feet already, and they are not done yet.
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