Foliage care

Various quality-enhancing measures in the vineyard to regulate or optimise the growth of leaves and shoots. See also under the keywords:

Canopy Management
Defoliation - improvement of air and light conditions
Stinginess (pruning) - removal of unwanted shoots
Stapling - supporting shoot growth
Pruning - regulating the yield of the vines
Shoot thinning - removing unwanted shoots
Shoot tip pruning - interrupt shoot growth in favour of flower development
Watering - removing unwanted shoots

Many measures are closely related to the vine training. Individual cultivation of very large vineyard areas is carried out in so-called precision viticulture. A complete list of all tools, work and measures in the vineyard during the vegetation cycle can be found under vineyard management.

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