Finding Your Way to Vine Balance - PA Wine Grape Network

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A Balanced Vine According to Mark Chien • For premium hybrid and vinifera wines growing on VSP: • Majority of shoots are . . . – the same length – about 50 inches long – no bull canes, few stunted ones (average weight 1-1.5 oz) • Other considerations: – 2-5 shoots per foot of trellis – 0-1 hedging passes per season – Some leaf removal on the morning side – 2 clusters or fewer per shoot reach optimal maturity with some yield adjustment
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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
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Page 16 and 17: Balance is achieved before the vine
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Page 22 and 23: The Crystal Ball: a soil pit and a
Page 24 and 25: Vine Density: fitting the vine into
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Page 32: When to Divide (or undivide) • Gr
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