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Wynboer Tips for April
PLANNING
- Do a thorough evaluation of each block’s profitability and re-evaluate your long term planning with regard to uprootings and plantings.
- Evaluate the actual wine goal compared to the intended wine goal per block.
- Ensure that records of each vineyard block are updated, e.g. production figures, grape analyses, vigour, irrigation schedules, etc.
- Ensure that cultivar planning is still in line with the demands of the market.
- Obtain establishment advice in collaboration with soil scientist, viticulturist and winemaker.
- Confirm vine order for 2009 and order vines for 2010 from your nursery.
- Soil analyses to be done in each block every 3 years.
VINEYARD PROGRAMME
Cultivation
- Weed control of perennial weeds with spot spraying.
- Prepare a shallow seed bed for cover crop and use grubber to cover seeds.
- Ensure that phosphate levels in the topsoil are sufficient.
Post-harvest fertilisation
- Apply N fertilisation according to vigour and the other elements according to soil analyses.
- Application to commence about one month after the harvest.
Post-harvest irrigation
- Monitor soil moisture conditions and irrigate where necessary. Vines with a vigorous canopy still have moderate water consumption.
Disease and pest control
- Post-harvest spraying programme is essential to retain leaves in instances where oidium, downy mildew and erinose infections occur.
- Good time for nematode control - ensure that the berms are weed-free before treatment.
- Mark vines infested with mealybug for control in winter.
Uprooting of vines
- Remove as much as possible of the old vine roots. All plant material must be removed from the soil and from existing vineyards and burnt.
General maintenance and repair
- Good time for general maintenance and repair of infrastructure (buildings, roads, vehicles and implements).
FINANCIAL
Contact Gert van Wyk for information about:
- Viability, cost and profitability analyses.
- Presentations on the economics of wine grape cultivation, industry overview, etc.
- Budgets and financial planning in the light of production cost, establishment cost and other industry parameters.
- Participation in the production plan/study groups.
Compiled by: VinPro Consultation Service
For more information contact Annamarie van Onselen at (021) 807-3027.
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