Finding Your Way to Vine Balance - PA Wine Grape Network

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Vine Density: fitting the vine into the right space • Harmony, equilibrium and balance in the canopy • It is better to give a vine too much space than too little • Distance between rows determines quantity • Distance between vines determines quality Juan in 1m x 1m at Mondavi Lyre system on 12x6 in Napa
Measuring Vine Balance • Grape and wine quality tell you the story of the vine • Lucie Morton: know what it looks like • Richard Smart’s Golden Rules (for mature vines) – 4-5 shoots per foot – 0.2-0.4 lb pruning wt per foot – Canes 20-40 grams (0.8 to 1.5 oz) per cane – 5-10:1 ratio fruit to pruning wt • 1 to 1.5 leaf layers helps all problems with disease! – Dappled light. – The t-shirt effect. – Check the shadow in mid morning and afternoon • Shoots evenly spaced, proper length and diameter
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Page 3 and 4: Our Common Viticultural Objectives
Page 5 and 6: Observations about Vine Size and Ba
Page 7 and 8: Challenges to Achieving Balance in
Page 9 and 10: Yield and Quality: is the smallest
Page 11 and 12: Benchmarks of vine balance (small v
Page 13: Big vines in Napa - pre-VSP 12x8 sp
Page 16 and 17: Balance is achieved before the vine
Page 18 and 19: Wouldn’t it be Great to do Nothin
Page 20 and 21: Nelson Stewart at Karamoor Farm Not
Page 22 and 23: The Crystal Ball: a soil pit and a
Page 26 and 27: A balanced vine and vineyard looks
Page 28 and 29: More Measures of Balance • The sc
Page 30 and 31: Find and Emulate Good Canopies Vert
Page 32: When to Divide (or undivide) • Gr
Page 35 and 36: Perfectly trained Norton on Geneva
Page 37 and 38: Don’t Forget the Fruit! • Find
Page 39 and 40: Ideas for Maryland Vine Balance •
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