I grew up here on my dad's farm that we turned into the Sainte Genevieve Winery over 20 years ago. I'm the educated enologist and he's the experienced farmer/business man. We try to treat the land and the wine with kindness, like a member of our family(sometimes we treat them nicer than family ;)) This is our little place on earth, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it from my perspective.
Dad put on dormant spray today. This is a sulphur spray that helps keep the vines dormant a little while longer, in case we get another frost. This is a close up of a Seyval Blanc bud that is still dormant; picture taken yesterday.
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How does the dormant spray work? Just curious. Joe
Joe, it forms a protective coating that helps keeps the buds tight, but more importantly it protects against diseases or fungi that have overwintered with the vine so that when the buds do break, they start healthy.
2 comments:
How does the dormant spray work? Just curious. Joe
Joe, it forms a protective coating that helps keeps the buds tight, but more importantly it protects against diseases or fungi that have overwintered with the vine so that when the buds do break, they start healthy.
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