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Around The Vineyard
Photo Courtesy of: Infaco USA
Winter Pruning Tips:
Prepare Your Vineyard for Success
By: Alyssa L. Ochs
A lthough the busy days of harvest are now The Purpose of Pruning
behind us, there isn’t much time for vine-
yard staff to sit back, relax and enjoy the
fruits of their labor. Now begins the important task Dormant pruning is critical to grape growing
because it maintains the training system, allows
of pruning, and winter is the ideal time to sepa- operators to select fruiting wood, and manipulates
rate healthy wood from the dead and damaged. the quality of fruit produced. It helps maintain vine
Whether you’ve just started vineyard operations or form, regulates the position and number of shoots
have been running a vineyard for decades, it never on a vine, improves fruit quality, stabilizes produc-
hurts to be reminded of the best dormant pruning tion and improves bud fruitfulness through careful
practices and learn about emerging technology to bud placement and selection. Pruning is also an
make this vineyard task easier. opportunity to get control over weeds, identify vine
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