If any further evidence was needed to prove that a grape cluster is a modified tendril, here it is - one of several hundred morphing-into-mini-cluster-tendrils that were hanging about in the Cabernet Sauvignon canopy...y'know, flowering and stuff. Well, they were until I cut them off in their prime.
I spent the entire past weekend stuffing shoots under trellis wires and removing the aforementioned modified tendrils, along with any other opportunistic secondary fruit clusters (on lateral shoots). I needed to get the vineyard whipped into shape before the rain, which was forecast for the next two days, appeared. And rain it did, much more than I expected. Rain this time of year is not at all detrimental to the grapevines, it really is just more of a nuisance. And now, with all the shoots stuffed, Vinomaker can easily navigate the newly tamed rows to re-sulphur the vines and protect them from powdery mildew.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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4 comments:
Vinogirl, tendril (pressuretropic) is added to my understanding of helio, geo, and hydro-tropic concepts of flora basics, but is there an application for musicatropic;-) And how will grapes respond to AC/DC?
By making a whole lot of rose?
Make that, whole lot of rosé.
NHW: Thud beat me to it!
Thud: Well done :)
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