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3. Broadcast first application of fertilizer on bearing vines (750
 pounds of 6-6-6 or 550 pounds of 8-8-8 per acre). For non-
 bearing vines, fertilize in band one foot from vine at 1/4
 pound per vine every 4 to 5 weeks. Do not fertilize newly set
 plants until March, after growth begins.
4. Begin clean cultivation around plants. Chopping or mowing of
 row middles may be necessary.
5. Complete grafting operations in February.
6. Plant cuttings in nursery as soon as buds swell but before
 they sprout.
7. Water graft mounds as needed.

March

1. Spray with fungicide2. Include insecticide when needed.
2. Water young plants and graft mounds as needed.
3. Prune, stake, and train young plants and grafts to a single
 shoot, using raffia to tie tender growth to stake.
4. Hoe and fertilize non-bearing plants (see no. 3 under February).
5. Apply ore-emergence or post-emergence herbicides in mature
 vineyard.
6. Disk under the winter cover crop in row middles.

April

1. Apply foliar sprays of minor elements two weeks before bloom,
 if deficiencies are present.
 2. Spray with fungicide. At least one fungicidal spray during
 full bloom is important. Apply insecticide if needed but do
 not use insecticides during bloom.
 3. Water young plants and graft mounds as needed.
 4. Continue sprouting, tying with raffia, and training of young
 vines and grafts.
 5. Begin building trellises in new plantings.
 6. Remove graft mounds when scions are about 15 inches long.
 Cut off any scion roots.

 May

 1. Spray with fungicide2. Include insecticide when insects are
 causing damage.
 2. Fertilize non-bearing plants (see February recommendations).
 Broadcast second application to bearing vines (750 Dounds of
 6-6-6 or 550 pounds of 8-8-8 per acre).
 3. Water and cultivate as needed.
 4. Continue sprouting, tying with raffia, and training of young
 vines and grafts.
 5. Apply pre-emergence herbicide if needed.
 6. Begin budding on good size stocks where grafts have failed.
 7. Begin making softwood cuttings for propagation under mist.
 Apply liquid fertilizer to cuttings after two weeks in bed.


2 See attached snray schedule.