Vineyard Management for Improved Fruit and Wine Quality

Balanced Pruning Reality• Unfortunately, achieving balance through pruning aloneis usually not possible• Balanced pruning only works well on American-typevarieties• Hybrids tend to be more fruitful– More clusters per shoot– Very large clusters– More shoots per “count” node• Hybrids require more careful management to maintain“vine balance”Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access institution.