投稿の詳細: 剪定実習　Pruning practical

今日須坂園芸高校の
生徒40数人が私の畑に
実習に来ました。

剪定とまきひげとり
をやってもらいました。
長梢剪定で、
カッティングオフ、プリングアウト、
ラッピングのうち、2番目をやり
3番目もちょっとやりました。

巨峰と違ってそんなに
難しくは無いのですが、
短調ではあるものの
非常に重要な作業
ということをわかって
もらえたらいいのですが。

生徒達は既に高山村にある
企業の大農場でも実習したり
この後もあるようなので、
少しはコツもつかんで
ゆくでしょう。

高校には
ワイン醸造を行うコースも
あるので、ワインに
興味をもってもらえるかな。
飲めば大分ちがうんだけど
二十歳まではそういう訳には
いかないね～。

I recieved around over 40 students
from Suzaka Horticulture High School
today for field practicals.

I asked them to cane prune semillon
vines. I did cutting off and they did
pulling out and a bit of wrapping.
I asked them to remove the tendrils
from the wire which could cause the
late season bunch rot.

The pruning itself is not so difficult
comparing with that of kyoho vines.
I wonder if they understood the important
meaning of pruning and removing tendrils.

These students had already experienced
field practicals at the big vineyard in
Takayama village run by a company, and
they would have another schedule over there
after my vineyard. Therefore they would
accumulate more experience.

They have winemaking course at school.
I hope they will be interested in wine
making and more in grape growing.
If they could taste wines, they would find
more interests in such operations in
the vineyards, but as they cannot dring
until they reach 20 years old, their
inerestes seem to lie somewhere eles for the
time being.