Foliage care

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

Canopy management - canopy management
Defoliation - improving the air and light conditions
lateral shoot (thinning) - removing unwanted shoots
Stapling - supporting shoot growth
Pruning or cutting back - regulating the yield
Shoot thinning - removing unwanted shoots
Shoot tip pruning - interrupting shoot growth in favour of flower development
Water shoots - remove unwanted shoots

Further information

Many measures are closely related to vine training. Individualised 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 care.

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