Growing with growers since 1946
  • March 1st 2013 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Topping shoots

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Retired veterinarian and horticulturist Dr. Tom Miller says topping shoots when they reach the trellis midwire will help avoid early bunch stem necrosis in vines that have been enveloped in plastic. he Sequim, Washington, vineyardist recommends installing the shrink-wrap envelope in the vineyard around the first of May, removing it around the first of July. Wrapping the vines with the shrink-wrap material ­hastens maturity by adding growing degree-days to the cool climate of the Puget Sound. […]

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