What tasks must you complete on a vineyard or farm to grow crop and to harvest it?

Question

What tasks must you complete on a vineyard or farm to grow crop and to harvest it?

I'm doing a shool project on this, this is all I've got so far:

-plant seeds

-clean up any animal waste

-harvest crop

-fertilizer

- hoeing the ground to plant seeds

-put a protective coverings over crops to protect from weather

-add water if necessary

-pick up any trash or waste

Answer 1

I'll have to start with what you already have that is incorrect. You would never start a vineyard by planting seeds. You would start with grafted cuttings that you would either graft yourself on your own rootstock or buy plants already grafted.. You would then train them to a teasel that you would have to build. Then control weeds,  insects and fertilize by whatever methods that you choose to use. Some use chemical controls some prefer organic methods. I don't know of anyone putting a protective covering over grapes to protect them from the weather. Irrigate when and if needed.  Harvest when grapes are ready.

The following Spring you would not have to replant, you would have an established vineyard. You would have to prune a lot of the previous year's growth and start your cycle over again.

Answer 2

You have to check to see if plants are healthy, and remove any that are sick or dead to protect the rest.

Weeds have to be killed, either by chemicals or by removing them.

You have to make sure that you have a customer to buy your crops before you even harvest them, and you must have a way to bring the crop to your customer.

You might have to have your crop inspected.

You might need to pay for helpers to harvest and tend to your crop because you have to harvest the crops before they spoil.

You will have to see if any insect pest are eating your crop, and get rid of them.

You need to learn how to apply chemicals safely if you use them, and you need to be certified if you are an organic grower.

Farmers are business owners, and they need to know how much they can afford to pay, and how much they can borrow, and how much they can sell their crops for.

Farmers have to use expensive machines, and they may need to fix them and also pay for fuel.

Answer 3

spread manure, power arrow, drill, spray insect killer, plough,and bail it.

Answer 4

There are a lot of on line articles on viticulture. In short, your plants are generally not from seed but are varieties that are grafted onto a root stock that is resistant to disease. Initially you select your variety for their use. Fresh fruit or raisins, wine, juice. Those plants (vines) need to be set in their rows (spring time) with the soil having been amended properly before planting. Plant are temporarily staked here. After spacing and planting the rows those plants need mulch and one needs to install irrigation at least temporarily while the new plants settle in. Drip is better than above ground as the plants are prone to leaf fungi as well as host specific and non specific fruit fungi (to include post harvest problems that will leave you tearing your hair out when the phone rings over and over). While the plants begin their new life you are now going to have to set posts and lines for training your new charges. These are like a wire fence of one or two strands that are strong and under a lot of tension to support the plants en mass. You need to decide if your variety will do best with one training or another (a 2 arm as opposed to the 4 arm kniffin). After the first season of growth, in late winter before budding, plants are cut back to encourage a proper orientation to the support lines initially with growth your main concern as opposed to production. Some varieties are more adapted to warmer climates and differ a bit in their pruning than those varieties that go fully dormant in cold zones. Zones are critical in your selection of variety. The second season will also be one that concentrates more on growth but you will get some minor production because those grapes you work so hard for will form from the last years wood. Training. Third year will start to show good overall pruning shape with some production and then the focus of pruning goes to the art, a fine balance of growth with production. You always study your vines. You keep an eye out for problems and anticipate and prepare.

Answer 5

everything already said but also be nature and financially savy