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How alive is your soil? Assessing soil health at Bee Tree Vineyard with Vine-Works https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8453.jpg 800 534 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8453.jpg August 9, 2019 August 18, 2020

How alive is your soil? Assessing soil health at Bee Tree Vineyard with Vine-Works

We’re working with vineyards on exploring soil health monitoring and the value it can bring to the enterprise. Bee Tree Vineyard in West Sussex is owned and run by Vine-Works, who also provide a suite of management services from planting through to harvest for vineyards across the UK. They use their 1.5 hectare site of…

Use maps to save your sample locations https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/vinesgpswebsite.png 1418 705 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/vinesgpswebsite.png August 2, 2019 August 18, 2020

Use maps to save your sample locations

We’ve got fanmapstic news! GPS mapping for sample points on Sectormentor for Vines is now available for iPhone and Android! This makes it really easy to come back to the same sample sites when monitoring your vines. What does this mean? For every sample site a GPS location can be saved using the Sectormentor for…

Case Study: Darcy Gander – Vine-Works https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8430-2.jpg 1000 667 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8430-2.jpg July 31, 2019 August 18, 2020

Case Study: Darcy Gander – Vine-Works

Vine-Works was founded by James Dodson and Darcy Gander and has been establishing, managing, maintaining and supporting vineyards across the UK for over a decade. They work with single growers, small businesses, farmers, landowners and some of the country’s largest wine producers, providing a complete range of vineyard management and technical services from concept to…

Know your vines #6: Optimise your yield prediction and the power of our Yield Predictor Tool – PART 1 https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Entering-bunch-counts-in-the-vineyard-with-the-Sectormentor-app.jpg 3024 4032 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Entering-bunch-counts-in-the-vineyard-with-the-Sectormentor-app.jpg July 25, 2019 August 18, 2020

Know your vines #6: Optimise your yield prediction and the power of our Yield Predictor Tool – PART 1

In our Know your Vines blog series we share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the sixth instalment, stay tuned for more as the seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Use flower and bunch counts to optimise yield prediction July is the perfect time…

Know your vines #5: The value of understanding fruit set https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8420-1-e1562771492348.jpg 2000 1333 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8420-1-e1562771492348.jpg July 10, 2019 August 18, 2020

Know your vines #5: The value of understanding fruit set

In our Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the fifth instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” The value of knowing % Fruit Set The buds have burst,…

Know your vines #4: How to measure pruning weights https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-25-at-11.25.34.png 543 407 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-25-at-11.25.34.png February 21, 2019 August 18, 2020

Know your vines #4: How to measure pruning weights

In our Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the fourth instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Mid winter pruning weights video with Matt Strugnell, Ridgeview Wine The onset of…

Know Your Vines #3: Why monitor dead or missing vines? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SM3_v2-4.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SM3_v2-4.jpg November 23, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #3: Why monitor dead or missing vines?

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the third instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Counting dead or missing vines for yield prediction, replanting strategy and…

Know Your Vines #2: How are pruning weights helping vineyard managers keep their vines healthy? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-12-at-12.40.57.png 832 626 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-12-at-12.40.57.png November 15, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #2: How are pruning weights helping vineyard managers keep their vines healthy?

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the second instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” What can we learn from pruning weights? “Pruning weights are the…

Know Your Vines #1: Soil Health in your Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/InfiltrationRate150mm.jpg 1701 1276 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/InfiltrationRate150mm.jpg November 2, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #1: Soil Health in your Vineyard

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the first instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Healthy soils are vital in an unpredictable climate and to drive profitability for…

Soil health in your vineyard: Do you know your earthworms? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/earthworm-id-quiz.jpg 590 442 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/earthworm-id-quiz.jpg October 24, 2018 January 29, 2021

Soil health in your vineyard: Do you know your earthworms?

A resource created by Jackie Stroud, soil scientist at Rothamsted Research, also known as ‘The Worm Lady’! Did you know there are three different types of earthworms at work in your soil? Each type lives in a specific layer and performs a unique function which contributes to the soil’s health and therefore your vine’s health.…

Capturing Carbon on your Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-21-at-12.02.42.png 659 353 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-21-at-12.02.42.png August 23, 2018 August 18, 2020

Capturing Carbon on your Vineyard

“If you want to capture carbon, you have to think like carbon!” Check out this Short from Farmerama Radio, a podcast sharing the voices of smaller scale farmers, about Carbon Farm Plans and monitoring carbon from Charles Schembre at Napa County Resource Conservation District. Charles Schembre is a Soil Conservationist at the Napa County Resource Conservation District,…

The art and science of accurately predicting your vineyard yield https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0012.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0012.jpg August 14, 2018 August 18, 2020

The art and science of accurately predicting your vineyard yield

Why do crop estimates? Crop estimates are important for many reasons for both grower and winemaker. Growers want to produce high quality fruit to get the best price for their grapes, or if it’s for their own wine, then to get the best quality wine. Ideally, the grower really wants to get the best quality…