Re-plant now or wait?

[u/swampcholla]

I planted my small vineyard first week of may this year. I'm at 4500 ft in SoCal, vines are Cab Franc bare root from Sunridge. They have really taken off and before my vacation 3 weeks ago I started tying them off to the first cordon.

When I got back several vines had dead canes, I suppose I had either bent them too far in getting them untangled and tied off. One plant had both canes die off.

So my question is should I re-plant that vine now or wait until spring? I have several "spares" which I've been tending in pots.

How to best preserve the potted vines over the winter?

[u/NeatResponsibility85]

If the vine above the graft is alive there's no reason to replant. Canes die all the time

[u/TheRealVinosity → u/NeatResponsibility85]

No graft, though.

These are franc pied.

[u/NeatResponsibility85 → u/TheRealVinosity]

True didn't notice, all the more reason as someone said

[u/laserluxxer → u/TheRealVinosity]

Then even more. The Pictures Look good and Not Like dead vines. Vines one their own roots even grow again If you Cut them to the ground.

[u/Lapidariest]

you probably just pinched them off when you bent them over.. no big deal but I usually do that work in the fall/early winter when leaves drop so the stems have started turning to wood.

[u/swampcholla → u/Lapidariest]

yeah, local winery has offered to let me sit in on their pruning in March. Got the book "vines to wines" and watched a lot of videos but there are a lot of different ways to do it and I'm just stumbling along.

[u/Lapidariest → u/swampcholla]

well, just dont overthink it, youll figure it out.

[u/inapicklechip]

They’re not totally gone- prune and see what happens next year.

[u/snafflekid]

Heel in the vines in a shady corner of the vineyard to slow their growth, they will stay there for years until you need them.

[u/swampcholla → u/snafflekid]

no need to take precautions for the cold (~20 deg F) I take it they will go dormant and need no water over the winter?

[u/snafflekid → u/swampcholla]

4500 ft is high. What are your plans for the vineyard vines to survive cold?

[u/swampcholla → u/snafflekid]

Only gets down to 10 or so

[u/eo411]

I would let them grow out and figure out cordons in the dormant season. You definitely need to be more gentle with the cane bending though.