...and now the greenery is growing!

We've got adequate moisture in the soil, sunshine and warm weather; everything is growing—the vines and the ground cover as well. One of our current tasks involves working biomass into these surfaces. Approximately three weeks before blossoming—or when the ground-cover grows to the point that that the vines would get too little light and air—that's when we get to mulching. Over the course of a few weeks, the ground-cover releases vital nutrients that the vine now has available to it at the time when it needs nourishment the most—at blossoming. Some of the lanes between the vine-rows will be turned-over with the cultivator. This depends upon the soil, as well as upon the grape variety and its current nutritional condition.
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Planting Vines

We've just planted the new grapevines!

First we loosen the earth to a depth of 40 cm with a tractor and a planting-plough.

Then we place the new vines in a rotating gripping arm, which sets each one into a freshly opened aperture in the soil.

After this, the earth is tamped down lightly.

With the help of laser-beam technology, we can plant the vines in rows that are as straight as a poker, although the older tracts are not so well suited for this.

In those instances, we lay a wire along the vine-row, and follow it with the machinery.

Now the vines have even been christened by St Peter—and a hearty 'God Bless' on that account!

Weingut Kollwentz

Römerhof GmbH

Hauptstraße 120

A - 7051 Großhöflein

Tel. +43 2682 65158

Fax +43 2682 65158 13

kollwentz@kollwentz.at

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