Last monday we started the new season of pruning. It will last till late march.
Why starting so late ? Just because the sap of the vine is moving from the branch to the roots, where it will be stocked. If we prune too early, all the sap will not have time to move down and the vine should loose some pricious reserve. So, every year, we wait for the end of automn to start pruning, it help vine to support winter and to make the start easier in sping.
The goals of pruning are :
-Selecting the best branches to carry the grapes.
-Avoiding to have too much vegetation on the same area, by cutting branches and unfertile buds.
-Regulating the quantity of grapes and so the dilution of quality.
-Preparing the harvest of next year but also the only of the year after next year.
-Cuting old branches to have so young ones.
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