We machine-pruned at Tassel Ridge when it was not raining this week. This will be a long journey because there are a lot of vines to be pruned. We are also going through the vineyard at Tassel Ridge with a “sweeper” which is a tractor-mounted rough brush that scratches the soil under the vines and removes immature weeds. This is a slow process, but it can only be done early in the season when the soil is a little damp and the weeds are very small. The last big job in the vineyard now is to apply a lime-sulfur spray to the trunks of the vines. We want to kill any fungi that have overwintered in the cracks of the trunks.
We Pruned at Tassel Ridge Between Rain Storms
