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Potted Vines

Designation for grafted vines (also called carton vines) which, unlike those produced in a nursery, can still be produced and marketed in the year of grafting. The reason for this form was the frequent failures of freshly trained and still very sensitive vines due to bad weather and soil conditions. The potted vine method enables the production of ready-to-plant vines under controlled climatic conditions in greenhouses or foil houses without so-called schooling. In contrast to the vine nursery method, where the vines are only available in the year after grafting, potted vines can be marketed as early as two months after grafting. Preparation of rootstock and grafting as well as grafting are identical to the steps in a nursery (see there).

However, the refinement and subsequent forcing is carried out a few weeks earlier. After the forcing phase in the grafting box, the vines are checked on a closed callus ring, paraffined and then potted into peat or lattice pots. Cardboard vines are rarely produced anymore. Potting is done mechanically on larger farms. At temperatures of 22 to 25 °Celsius in greenhouses equipped with floor and room heating, intensive root and shoot formation occurs. The glass windows and side vents are increasingly opened so that the young vines get used to the external temperature and humidity. Appropriate measures against powdery and downy mildew are necessary.

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