How to Train a Vine

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Vines create the perfect look when grown over a trellis, arbor, or arch.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A vine plant
A trellis, arbor, or arch
A wooden stake
Floral wire
Pruning shears

Step 1: Find a strong shoot

Look for the longest and strongest shoot from your vine plant. Pick one that is above the graft, the point where two vine shoots intersect.

Tip: Choose slow-growing vines, like sweet pea and roses, for small trellises and arbors, and fast-growing vines, like honeysuckle or wisteria, for tall trellises.

Step 2: Move vines near structure

If your vines are not planted near your trellis, arbor, or arch, dig them up and replant at the foot of the structure, or move your structure near the vines.

Step 3: Secure a wooden stake

Secure a wooden stake in the ground next to the vine shoot, and between the shoot and the trellis. Use a wooden stake that is about three-quarters the length of the vine shoot. When inserted into the ground, the stake should be about half the vine shoot's length.

Step 4: Secure the vine

To secure the vine, starting from the base of your structure, wrap sections of the vine to the wooden stake in an upward climb, using floral wire.

Step 5: Wrap the vine

Take the remaining section of the vine and wrap it with a piece of wire.

Step 6: Secure the wire

Take the wired section of the vine and wrap it around your trellis.

Step 7: Remove the wire

Once the vine starts to attach itself firmly to the structure, remove the floral wire. Typically, the wire will remain with the vine for two to four years. To help shape it around the structure, prune the vine every year in early spring, just before it begins to flower.

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• vines
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• arbor
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[puppy222224]

Haha it looks like you can just use those wire strips from supermarkets :D

[acelafan123]

great video!

[msandhu413]

hi,

what are you using to attached the ties to the wall (outside cement wall of house) --- the sticky pads...where do i get those. thanks Mac (pic of them is at 1.32)

[msandhu413]

hi,

what are you using to attached the ties to the wall (outside cement wall of house) --- the sticky pads...where do i get those. thanks Mac

[kenyakeoni]

this is really neat..

[SqueezyCheetah]

i wasn't watching that i was sniffing my fingers, smells like sperm, potato chips, and pizza.

[miesrah12]

me: YOU WILL JUMP THAT RING!

*whip crack*

vine(crying in pain): i can't

me: YES, YOU CAN!!!!

*two whip cracks*

and that is how to train a vine

[jake23211]

hey the kudzu vine works great in a few days it will cover your trellis in about a week it will cover your house... <scratch that

[pepsidude308]

]viens respondto steak just throw a steak at a vien and thevien will probly fall

[RavishingRedheadd]

lol yeah relaly they make it a fancy name for them.just use plain old twist ties lol.

[matt12red]

wont the wire erode or like rust and disappear after two to four years o.O just a thought.

[bewarecrazyperson]

Actually, that would cut into the vine.

You could also use old panty hose.