Pobol_y_Cwm
Cider maker; trainee vigneron.
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I have a couple of rows of Solaris. This is a vigorous vine and the soil fertility here is high (I always joked you could just put a stick in the ground and it would grow. When I pruned the apples & pears a couple of months ago I heeled 20 offcuts into the ground and 19 of them are in leaf)
I had already come to the conclusion that I would need both vertical and horizontal canopy separation so I've gone for a double Sylvos (Hawkes Bay) trellis for this vine. And last night i found someone else in the UK (where I am) using a similar arrangement, having changed from GDC because the vigour of Solaris was unmanageable on that system.
My question is: I have read in a couple of places that the drawback with this system is delayed ripening. is this simply because there is less canopy than other systems or is there another factor to consider?
I had already come to the conclusion that I would need both vertical and horizontal canopy separation so I've gone for a double Sylvos (Hawkes Bay) trellis for this vine. And last night i found someone else in the UK (where I am) using a similar arrangement, having changed from GDC because the vigour of Solaris was unmanageable on that system.
My question is: I have read in a couple of places that the drawback with this system is delayed ripening. is this simply because there is less canopy than other systems or is there another factor to consider?
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