|
RECENT ARTICLES | WYNBOER HOME
Wynboer Tips for May
1. Planning
- Review overall farm planning.
- Finalise and confirm planting material to be ordered from nursery.
- Plan maintenance of trellises, implements and machinery.
2. In the vineyard
Soil preparation and drainage
- Have soil analysed by experts for the correct chemical and physical adjustments.
- Do soil preparation at optimal soil moisture conditions with suitable implements.
- Install drainage systems in wet soils.
Pest control
- Apply snail bait after autumn rains to limit snail populations.
- Take soil samples for nematode analyses if required.
- Ant control.
Pruning
Pre-pruning
- May be done if vines are trellised in order to distribute labour.
- Prune shoots approximately 50 cm from basis.
Clean pruning - late May
- This is the most important pruning action, therefore use properly skilled labourers.
- Remove all shoots except bearers.
Final pruning - July
General
- Control quick grass and other perennial weeds. Be aware not to spray green / yellow leaves and or shoots with weedicide.
- Start erecting trellises in young vineyards.
3. Financial
Contact your agricultural economist for information about:
- Purchase of soil or farm evaluation.
- Viability studies and breakeven analyses.
- Establishment costs, budgets and cash flow statements.
Compare, on a monthly basis, the budgeted situation with actual expenses as well as with the corresponding month and make adjustments if required.
Compiled by: VinPro Consultation Service
A more detailed version may be ordered from Annamarie van Onselen on (021) 8073027
Value begins in the vineyard...
VinPro Consultation Service
|
|
|
|
Wynboer is incorporated in WineLand, magazine of the SA wine producers.
Subscribe to WineLand
Visit our sister sites:
South African wine farmers' representative organisation
Facts, figures, contact details and much more in the 2009/10 Directory
|
