投稿の詳細: 畑にて　In the vineyard.

夏の様な暑い日が大分続いて
いて、今日も畑では顔がひりひり
するほど。

巨峰の種枝の誘引をしてなかったので、
芽掻きをやりながら誘引も行う。
この時季、芽はとてももろく、触った
位でポロッと落ちてしまうので
注意が必要。いっそのこと新梢の
誘引ができるまで放っておいても良いの
だが、房きり前に強風が吹くと枝が
あおられて釣り糸の「お祭り」状態に
なるので、やるにこしたことはない。

枝の先端の芽の伸びは早いが、
枝によって発芽はまだらだ。
気候が暑かったり寒かったりの
まだら模様のせいかも知れない。
また、副芽の発芽が多いように
感ずるのは気のせいか。

房きりが始まるまであと3週間ほどだろうか。
市役所のアグリサポートの申し込みも
5月25日位からと、やや早目のスタート
を予想する農家が多いようだ。

私も房きりまでに、去年の畑のワイヤ張りに、
今年の畑の、柱の打ち込みとワイヤ張り等、
終わらせなければならない仕事が
大分残っている。

夕刻の明覚山（大谷の畑から）
みどり色が大分ぽってりと
して生き生きとしてきましたね。

It was very warm today and my cheeks
ached with the sun in the vineyard again.

I did disbudding of Kyoho while training canes
on which new shoots had already started growing.
The buds are very fragile at this moment and
would fall easily with just a touch by fingers.
I may be able to leave the canes untrained until
new shoots tarining. However, strong wind would
make them tangled as fishing thread so it is
much better to train than doing nothing.

It seems that top buds are growing very fast but other
buds are just so so. It may be because of the recent
funny weather of summer heat and spring cold. Many of
secondary buds seem bursiting this year.

Bunch trimming will start in almost three weeks time.
I hear that many farmers asked agri supporters (farm
hands) on around May 25 which is earlier than last year.

By the start of bunch trimming, I will have to finish
wiring in the last year's vineyard, piling of poles
and wiring in the this year's vineyard, etc. There are
still lots to do.

The picture shows today's Myokakusan mountain
seen from Oya vineyard near sunset.
The green colour gets thicker
and the mountain looks lively.