The pruning vines.

The pruning vines.

During the winter, while the vine live your rest period should be made pruning. The ideal time
to prune the vine is one that precedes the swelling buds of the branches mature. Pruning will take care of eliminating these branches,
organs exceeded by the end of the season. In the new cycle will start after the hibernation period, a plant
renewed and vigorous is critical.
Some basic principles governing the pruning and harmony the vegetative cycle. It is important that they are known. The first
refers to these branches. The vine does not fruit in old branches. Fruiting occurs only in branches formed in the year, so
on young branches. These branches arise fruit bud and start to develop after pruning. Can be identified
for its thin skin and clear, and also because they are more righteous than the old branches. These are tortuous and their shells, dark
and rough.

Other principles that guide the pruning refer specifically yolks. It is curious that the vines, the yolks of
fruiting branches are composed and usually only the main spring. When they disappear - eliminated through
pruning - the secondary spring and give rise to productive branches. But identifying what are the main and the secondary is
virtually impossible. During the rest of the yolk vine also remains hibernating. Only after pruning
will be possible to know what is the character of the gem. If origine fruit production will be the main, if origine vegetative branches
will be secondary.
The vegetative branches are called suckers. No fruit and is indicated eliminate them because they steal energy
Plant. Should likewise be eliminated all branches defective, weak and excessive. Only the branches
remain healthy in the plant. And, remaining must be trimmed so as to have a maximum of 15 buds in all its
extension.

Pruning can be short (lean) or long (rich). A short pruning is one that limits the amount of buds on the branches to the
most 3. Usually this pruning is performed on plants of medium vigor and fruiting on any branch, including on
The weakened. The light pruning is that which allows the amount of egg yolks reach 15. This type of pruning is performed in
Varieties in which the fruit buds are distant from the base of the rod. The name stick is specific to the varieties
behave long pruning. For those that comprise only short cuttings remain on the plant stems only from the base
(2-3 buds), called spurs.

The spring frosts can come to harm because of winemaking shoots starting to sprout. Therefore, the
Winemakers must defer pruning during this period, preventing the buds are exposed and are destroyed.