Increasing vineyard heat units

Posted on November 19, 2011 by vancouverislandgrapegrowers

Does anyone have knowledge or experience for increasing vineyard heat units locally by windbreaks, reflective mulch, etc.?
Roy H

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4 Responses to Increasing vineyard heat units

  1. vancouverislandgrapegrowers says:
    November 19, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    Of course plastic sheeting on row sides has been used extensively but needs care, is considerable work and has considerable cost.
    Roy H

  2. jenny h says:
    November 22, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Another way is to cover the rows in plastic like Heather does for the blueberries
    Jenny H

  3. lamontbrooks says:
    December 12, 2011 at 7:50 am

    We had interesting Hobo logger results from our test of Olympic banners
    Lamont B

  4. vancouverislandgrapegrowers says:
    December 21, 2011 at 6:03 pm

    Lamont Can you give a summary of your cloth windbreak results? Is the windbreak 8 ft high, across only one end of the vineyard? What was the increase in heat units and did you find how the increase varied with distance from windbreak?
    Roy H

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