Very high humidity or rainfall appears to be necessary to repair cavitation in the trunk xylem of grapevines during the day. Could overhead sprinkler irrigation be used to restore cavitated xylem, when either flood/furrow irrigation or drip irrigation might be useless?
1. Modern viticulture has gone very far in its quest for vineyard uniformity. However, might some cautious and planned planting of several different clones (or even varieties) side-by-side in the same vineyard enhance pest and disease management and, perhaps, even wine complexity (through ‘field-blending’)? 2. The ability of grapevines to ‘sense’ desirable soil properties and […]