Potted spring grafted vines early November Potted spring grafted vines mid December

Potted Spring Benchgrafted Vines

We supply biodegradable peat pot grown spring benchgrafted vines to vineyards from Central Otago, Waitaki, Marlborough, Hawkes Bay, and Auckland. Vineyards have reported excellent establishment and strike rates with vines reaching the fruiting wire during their first season of growth.

Vines are benchgrafted from mid August through September and then grown for 2 to 3 months in biodegradable peat pots before planting.

The vines can be transplanted late November through December with vines establishing very quickly, as they are transplanted while activley growing. There is no set back of growth after transplanting vines grown in biodegradeable peat pots. The entire peat pot is planted into the ground at transplanting with no root disturbance compared to vines transplanted from plastic pots.

We supply a worksheet to growers as a guide on handling and transplanting peat potted green top vines. This helps growers to achieve the optimum strike rate post tranaplanting.

Ordering
Vines can be forward orderd with a 30% deposit before the end of June and the vines are ready for planting in late November/ December.

For spring grafted vines there is a 5 to 6 month wait after you order with a forward deposit. With dormant vines there is a 15 month wait after you order with a forward deposit.

In Europe 15% of vines are now planted as spring grafted vines grown in biodegradable peat pots during spring and transplanted into the vineyard early summer.