Week of May 12 - Thinning Vines

Progress this week included thinning vines. Last weekend, I understand that Tim completed row 1. Jennifer and I worked in rows 2, 3, & 4. 3 & 4 are complete and row 2 is approximately 1/2 complete. As a guestimate of time required, we took approximately 2.5 hours to work through 1/2 of a row per person. Since the growth was so heavy in these rows, I tended to work at the vine sitting on the ground and working from underneath the vines. From the top of the vines, I could not see what to remove without doing damage. Attempting to speed up work also caused mistakes so we kept at a fairly manageable pace which means lots more to get done.

I have not sprayed at all this week. Last spray of sulphur and PencoZeb was on May 5.