During our travels we often get asked the same question by growers who are used to spur pruning: Why would you want to cane prune? It’s too expensive if you ask me!
Our view is that the world’s very best producers are always looking at ways to minimise wasteful annual operational costs while maintaining or increasing the product quality to their customers. This is the foundation of why they are successful.
Innovators Marcus Wickham and Nigel George of Marlborough have developed a mechanical pruner that can be used for cutting, stripping and mulching grapevines.
KLIMA has developed a pruning system that recently won two major European trade awards and has been described by European media as a revolutionary step in mechanising viticulture that has the potential to change vineyard practices.
Kiwi vine pruning machine the toast of Europe’s winemakers.