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Management Tasks

Page history last edited by Gayla S. Keesee 13 years, 4 months ago

 

Steps

Topic

Decisions/Content Info Simulation Activities/Tasks

1

Vineyard Site Selection

terrain

soils

(geological survey data)

climate conditions

slope--length, steepness, aspect

soil type/texture

depth

parent materials

pH

Real estate signs provide information about different parcels of land

 

Need to model different options--click on sign to "buy" the property and enter the module

2

Vineyard Design

 

 


diversion ditches

grass field border/headlands

layout--row set up

Trellis systems

  • Types of Posts
  • Quantities of Posts Required per Acre of Vineyard
  • Installing Line Posts
  • Installing End Posts
  • Wire Characteristics of Importance for Use in Vineyard Trellises
  • Amount of Wire Required
  • Installing Wires
  • Tools and Gadgets for installing Trellis Wires

 

3

Site Prep

 

  • Preparing the Soil for Planting
  • Marking the Field
  • Irrigation
  •  

4

Varietal Selection

 

Muscadines

Vitis rotundifolia

  • Carlos
  • Noble

 

Vitis vinifera (Old World)
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Muscat Ottonel
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

 

Native American

Vitis labrusca

  • Concord
  • Niagara

Vitis aestivalis

  • Norton (aka Cynthiana)

 

French hybrids

  • Chambourcin
  • Seyval blanc 

 

American hybrids

  • Traminette
  • Chardonel

 

Rootstocks

V. rupetris, V. riparia, V. berlandieri

 

5

Planting

 

  • Preparing and Handling Vines
  • Planting Techniques
  • ruler marks out spacing, automatically fills in

6

Canopy Management


  • Vine growth & development
  •  

7

Year 1 Management
  • Training--growth tubes, trellis system
  • Adjusting the Number of Shoots Per Vine
  • Defruiting
  • Managing Shoot Growth
  • Managing Row Middles
  • Nutrient deficiency symptoms
  • Controlling Pests
    • vertebrates--birds, deer
    • insects
  • Disease Management
  • Weather issues
    • frost
    • heat
    • drought
  • Controlling Weeds Around Vines
  • Machinery/Equipment costs

 

8

Year 2 Management

  • Early-season Weed Control
  • Replanting
  • Year 2 Vine Management
  • Tying Grapevines
  • Pre-emergence Weed Control
  • Adjusting Shoot Number per Vine, Suckering and Defruiting
  • Managing the Canopy
  • Managing Row Middles
  • Nutrient deficiency symptoms
    • Fertilizing with Nitrogen
  • Controlling Pests
    • vertebrates
    • insects
  • Disease Management
  • Weather issues
    • frost
    • heat
    • drought
  • Machinery/Equipment costs
  •  

9

Year 3 Management

  • Training
  • Pruning
  • Weed Control
  • Nutrient deficiency symptoms
    • Fertilizing with Nitrogen
  • Controlling Crop
  • Controlling Pests
    • vertebrates
    • insects
  • Disease Management
  • Weather issues
    • frost
    • heat
    • drought
  • Machinery/Equipment costs
 

10

Harvesting--Selling

  market prices

 

Resources

North Carolina Grape Growing (Dept of Commerce)

The North Carolina Winegrape Growers Guide

Vineyard establishment II Planting and early care of vineyards, MSU Extension Fruit Bulletins - 26459701  11/30/99

VineBalance Sustainable Viticulture in the Northeast--Grower Self-Assessment Workbook

Grape Pest Management Guidelines--UC-Davis

 

Other Considerations

scoring system

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