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- These tendrils give wine grapes the best growth
- The Gobelet system - proven since ancient times
- The Guyot system - popular throughout Europe
- The cordon education
- Tips
Grapevines are true climbing artists
These tendrils give wine grapes the best growth
As climbing plants, grapevines rely on a trellis aid to thrive. Among the numerous educational systems, the garden has evolved the following three basic types and clever developments.
The Gobelet system - proven since ancient times
Traditional Gobelet bush education is a common practice, particularly in southern Europe. The Rebstamm is kept comparatively short with 30 to 65 centimeters. The pruning is done in such a way that it remains with only 3-5 upwardly awake thighs. Individual wooden posts serve as supports. In autumn, these legs bend under the grape load to the ground, like a clamped screen.
The Guyot system - popular throughout Europe
Named after French researcher for viticulture studies, Jules Guyot, the system enjoys great popularity to this day. It works in the commercial vineyard just as effectively as in the private hobby garden according to this principle:
The height of the trunk varies between 25 and 70 centimeters, which gives hobby gardeners a pleasing degree of flexibility. With a row distance of 1.10 to 1.50 meters, in this way even in the small garden several vines can be planted.
The cordon education
This variant scores with such an uncomplicated technique that it can be mastered without extensive manual skills. On a wire frame, one or two legs of a grapevine are tied horizontally. In addition, this system is often to be discovered in the greening of grapevines, as variations in T-shape or as one-sided angles are possible.
The ideal length of a leg is 1.20 meters, with a wide range of height variance from 50 centimeters in the bucket to 6 meters on a facade. From every other bud or at a distance of 15-20 centimeters, a vertical outlet is drawn.
Tips
If hobby gardeners at the same time attach importance to a decorative appearance in the context of vine education, they opt for the pergola. The grapevines tend to be in the form of a 2-meter-high roofing arbor or a stretched wire net, so that the care work is done exclusively from below.