Any Vineyard's major challenge lies in controlling the pest/fungal attacks that occurs at regular intervals. This needs to be controlled at the right moment, which otherwise can directly effect the quality of grapes.
FOLIAGE SPRAYS:
Yellow Rust and Downy Mildew(which often is a weather driven disease) are noticeable on foliage (leaves) and will need immediate attention, failing which entire Vineyards can get quickly affected.
In India, we generally use fertilizers Acrobat (1 gm/liter of water) and Polyram (2 gm/liter of water) to prevent the fungal attack.
To efficiently make sure that uniform spraying is done and in a quicker way - we use a POWER SPRAYER (3 HP Pump) which runs on kerosene and starts with petrol.
WEED CONTROL:
The weeds around a Vineyard is surely an eye-sore and more than that - plant food is mostly eaten by these unwanted shrubs. Here we generally get affected by Parthenium / Grass and old deep roots present in soil.
A proper maintenance especially around the Vine (Grape Plant) will make sure that enough nourishment is reaching them. We can either employ laborers to manually remove these weeds or use a POWER WEEDER (a 2.5 HP petrol run pump) to brush off the weeds.
Below is a classy view of 'before' and 'after' a power weeder has been used:
POWER TILLING the land helps us in helping the soil breathe easily. Secondly, it also removes old roots and avoids future growth of weeds, after a period of time.
Until then, this process of weed control must be strictly followed to ensure, high quality of grapes.
In India, we generally use fertilizers Acrobat (1 gm/liter of water) and Polyram (2 gm/liter of water) to prevent the fungal attack.
To efficiently make sure that uniform spraying is done and in a quicker way - we use a POWER SPRAYER (3 HP Pump) which runs on kerosene and starts with petrol.
WEED CONTROL:
The weeds around a Vineyard is surely an eye-sore and more than that - plant food is mostly eaten by these unwanted shrubs. Here we generally get affected by Parthenium / Grass and old deep roots present in soil.
A proper maintenance especially around the Vine (Grape Plant) will make sure that enough nourishment is reaching them. We can either employ laborers to manually remove these weeds or use a POWER WEEDER (a 2.5 HP petrol run pump) to brush off the weeds.
Below is a classy view of 'before' and 'after' a power weeder has been used:
POWER TILLING the land helps us in helping the soil breathe easily. Secondly, it also removes old roots and avoids future growth of weeds, after a period of time.
Until then, this process of weed control must be strictly followed to ensure, high quality of grapes.
Fantastic! I'm glad to see you're back to blogging. The photos are gorgeous, the prose descriptive, however the dream in progress is even more stunning! I look forward to the next post..
ReplyDeleteTerrific progress keshav :). Nice and very informative post. Can't wait for long to see the successfully maintained farm -:)-:).
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny! :-) Yes, sure will come back with more posts based on practical experiences, which maybe useful to Wine producers!
ReplyDeleteSrini! Thank you! :-) Let's plan out an outing to Vineyards soon, now that the lake is also full, it makes an beautiful sight!!
ReplyDeleteKeshav, Wonderful to see the posting. Keep the ghangho going. Will visit the farm one of these days; it has been a while.
ReplyDeleteMuni
Thanks Muni Sir! You are always welcome to Vineyards - I stay close to 3-4 days a week there now..
ReplyDelete