Recording the weight of material pruned off each vine and the cane number at pruning allows you to work out an average cane weight, and understand each vine’s vigour, which determines how many buds you want to prune to per vine. Some vineyards choose to also record the number of buds per vine in Sectormentor to keep a clear record.

Pruning weights are also used as a guide to whether more nutrition / fertiliser is needed. Soil analysis of nitrogen can be very variable depending on the time of year and recent rainfall, so pruning weights can be used as another indication of what is required. 

The Sectormentor Vine Health Indicator pulls in pruning weight information to visualise your vine health across blocks.