ROOTSTOCK CUTTINGS FOR GRAFTING

Rootstocks: Woods are cultivated in mother-vine fields. Once the leaves have fallen, we start harvesting with hatchets or shears. Then, we make rootstock cuttings according to the required length; we make a cut under the inferior bud and then cut the protruding buds.

Grafts: Woods are taken from Vinifera vines. After trimming, grafts are cut shortly so that a single bud remains.

Grafting woods are then disinfected, to protect them from fungus diseases.

GRAFTING

Although the most common technique once consisted in grafting directly in the vineyard, on rooted vines, we now graft on benches. The two methods currently in use are whip grafting and omega grafting.

Grafted vines are then paraffined with hormone-based waxes to prevent drying and foster callogenesis.

Grafted vines are then put into callusing boxes and covered with water or peat.

STRATIFICATION

Grafting vines are left in a heating chamber for 15 to 20 days, sheltered from sunlight, so that they can develop a callous margin at the grafting point. This will make it easier for the sap to flow within the vine.

Grafted vines are then taken out of their box and prepared to be planted. Waxes protect them from drying while hormones foster rhizogenesis.

After a one or two-week acclimatization period, we are ready to start your project.

Rootstock mother-vine

Whip graft

Omega graft

Callous formation