I’m pruning this muscadine on the property I just bought and I noticed it growing into the barbed wire, will this Vine eventually die or will it just grow around the wire?
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Since it’s not going all the way around circling the vine, probably won’t kill it.
Might or might not be a problem at some point.
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BlueBerry is probably correct. At a nature preserve near me there is a mature tree that grew next to an old barbed wire fence and the wire runs right through the tree. From what I recall, the tree appeared unharmed by it. I’ll take a picture the next time I’m there and post it here.
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I’m still cutting away I noticed at the end of the vine is alive but a lot of the side branches are dead not a lot of new growth in other words, I might run a new cane alongside of it and see how they do come spring. They haven’t been pruned back for several years on what I know
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I guess I took a couple of pictures of that tree last year and there are several wires running through it!
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Most all of the side branches are dead for about 6 ft then I’ve got a couple side branches after that, is this worth saving, will buds come out of those dead shoots?
Blueberry is correct. As long as it is not circling. I have repaired broke limbs with screws and have a lot of wire looking like your pics. Not a problem. Plants are pretty tough. I even have a few circling and it was just engulfed in the plant with no damage.
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