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Wynboer Tips for September
PLANNING
- Check, repair, flush and clean all irrigation systems and equipment.
- Calibrate spraying pumps and order pesticides and disease control products.
VINEYARD PROGRAMME
Planting vines
- Have replacement vines in plastic bags on hand to be used where vines have died.
Disease and pest control
- Start spraying preventatively against fungal diseases such as Oidium and Downy mildew from 5 - 10 cm shoot length.
- Lime sulphur against Erinose may be applied at the same time.
- Control snails, if problematic.
- Apply ant control measures.
Irrigation
- Supplement the soil profile to its full depth before budding if winter rain was insufficient.
- Make use of soil water and plant monitoring aids.
- Remember that water consumption early in the season is very low.
Fertilisation
- Wait ± three to four weeks after budding (±15 - 20 cm shoot length) before applying spring fertilisation if at all necessary.
Sucker
- Start suckering early, at 5 - 10 cm shoot length, by removing all shoots in undesirable positions on trunks and cordons.
Soil management
- Weed control should preferably only be done on the berm (bankies) and cover crops in the work row should be allowed to grow for as long as possible, dry out naturally and then be flattened.
- If dry winter conditions occur or under dryland conditions cover crops should be sprayed with a chemical weed killer and then preferably flattened to ensure the best retention of dry material.
- If problem weeds occur, for example resistant Rye-grass, a specific and dedicated weed control programme must be followed.
FINANCIAL
Contact Gert van Wyk for information about:
- Viability, cost and profitability analyses.
- Participation in production plan/financial study groups (financial overview or industry branch analyses).
- Economic and industry related articles.
- Economic and industry related presentations.
- Collection and dissemination of representative agricultural economic industry information.
Compiled by: VinPro Consultation Service
For more information contact Annamarie van Onselen at (021) 807-3027.
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