Phenology Report
Immediately visualise the seasonal patterns and progress of your vineyard this season. Visualise key phenology dates and how they relate to Growing Degree Days (GDD) to build a clear picture of your vineyard.
Easily compare this year with previous seasons. Is flowering ahead of last year? By how much? Are you on track for an early harvest? Find the answers to these questions in the Phenology Tool!
Viticulturist Matt Strugnell from Ridgeview Wine Estate, shares how Sectormentor helps ensure they have the best quality grapes:
“I’ve been at Ridgeview about 20 years. Pretty early on I realised that collecting key information about the vineyard is vital.
I had an inkling for a while that flowering and harvest dates were very closely related but all the information was spread across so many different spreadsheets it was very difficult to compare year to year. Plus looking at endless numbers and dates isn’t that helpful, I need to see things in a visual format.
With the Sectormentor Phenology Tool, I can immediately see there is an incredibly consistent relationship between flowering and harvest dates over many years, for each block. I now feel confident that when we reach 50% flowering I can pick up the phone to our contractor and let them know which week we will need a harvesting team – ensuring I’m booked in well ahead of time. I also think the combined phenology and GDD graphs will help us do even more forward planning as we see trends emerging there.”
Matt Strugnell, Ridgeview Wine Estate UK
Visualise the season
Use the Phenology Tool to visualise key dates in the growing season, such as bud burst, flowering, veraison and harvest, all plotted alongside cumulative GDD.
Compare past seasons
Key phenology dates can be compared between seasons, so you can learn how each date is related for a specific block on your site, instead of relying on industry averages. View single blocks or your whole vineyard on one chart, and compare phenological progress between different years.
GDD and weather data
Upload your weather data into Sectormentor and see how your GDD relates to phenology dates in your vineyard.