HI-STEM® Vines
An Ormond Nurseries innovation, the HI-STEM® vine saves time and money, both during establishment and at maturity. Not only does the HI-STEM® vine provide a nice straight trunk, but it also allows winegrowers to eliminate bud rubbing from the annual budget.
The HI-STEM® vine is approximately 750mm tall.
Frost risk is reduced to the height of new growth.
No grow guards are required, as the new growth is above the height of the spray zone.
The trunk is straight lignified rootstock, making it free from bends or twists.
The vines have potential to fruit early, if well managed.
The rootstock has been machine disbudded which means that the bud zones have been destroyed, preventing the rootstock from throwing any side shoots.
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