How it works In the Guyot system, the following are left each year: - a long shoot (known as the fruiting shoot), with around 6–12 buds, which will produce the bunches in the following season; - a short spur, with 1–2 buds, from which the new shoot will grow to become the fruiting shoot for the following year. After the grape harvest and winter pruning: - the old fruiting cane is removed; - the shoot that has grown from the spur takes its place; - a new spur is left for the following year. This creates a cycle that repeats itself every year.