Liage or Lierie, it's over !

We can say "Liage" or "Lierie". In all cases, this work on the vines occurs after the pruning. The goal is to attach the branchs to the wire so that the vine is maintenained.

This is also a fully manual work, very meticulous. Indeed, links should be placed in a way that avoid the overlay of bud on the other, and facilitating the work of "palissage" that come after.

We interlace the branch and the wire.

The branchs should be attached firmly so that the wind will not brake it when the leaves will appeared. But also to avoid it to bend under the load of the future grapes.

And pull the axle to make a twiste.

To do this, we use a "good old methode" using the "pince a lier" and the bal of string. It is reinforced by a wire band (a bit like the white tabs close freezer bags). The clamp is equiped by a hook with a twisted axis. Once the loop is done over the branch and the wire, whe put the hook in the wire and pul the clamp away. The twisted axis is deployinf, turning the loop and entortille it, forming a node which attache the branch on the wire. It's over ! It is more anough to repeat the gesture about 5 times for each vine, for 9 000 vines per hectare...

A vine duely attached.