Omi, Isis and I arrived at Orchidea on the 8th May, what a great time of the year to be in Le Marche. We had 23 degrees and sunshine for 3 or 4 days with signs of summer starting all around. No signs of fireflies yet though!
The grapes have started growing with plentiful shoots of between 3 to 9 inches growth already, I spent about 4 hours taking out a large number of shoots, and leaving around 6 shoots only evenly placed on each cordon.
On the vines that have not yet converted to Guyot, I tried where possible to make sure I left a few shoots near the crowns that can be converted into next years canes.
The vines have a great deal less shoots than previous years, although almost all shoots are already showing signs of forming grape clusters. I am excited about our new pruning methods....I can see that we will probably get less yield, but that the grapes should be more consistent and healthy.
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