Guyot Vine Pruner Course

The course includes on-demand video lectures about the Guyot vine training system and two virtual training sessions (winter pruning and shoot thinning selection) live from the vineyard with Marco Simonit. Completing the course will allow you to earn the “Guyot VINE PRUNER” certificate.

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Carlo · 30 December 2020

After completing the Guyot VINE PRUNER Course you will learn to critically observe the grape vine, its physiology and how it reacts to pruning. You will learn about traditional pruning systems aimed at controlling the vines’ development and the consequences thereof. You will also learn the fundamentals of the SIMONIT&SIRCH METHOD applied to Guyot and participate in two live virtual pruning lessons with Marco Simonit.

Total duration of the video materials of the course is of about 4 hours, including on-demand lessons and 2 webinars.

Enrolling in the Guyot Vine Pruner Course gives you:

Access (12 months) to 6 on-demand lectures.
Access to the detailed video (40 minutes) of winter pruning practical training.
Access to 2 live virtual training sessions on Guyot (and access to the recordings after they go live) with Marco Simonit.
Possibility to earn GUYOT VINE PRUNER certificate by passing the tests that follow each on-demand lecture and webinars, that allows you to access the subsequent level Courses (to be purchased separately).

The videos are available with audio in English. For English or French subtitles click the “CC” button in the lower right corner (subtitles not available for practical sessions).

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Course Content

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INTRODUCTION BY MARCO SIMONIT

THE NATURE OF THE VINE 1 Quiz

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In this first chapter we analyze the behavior and the main physiological characteristics of the vine.
Then, through a virtual trip to some of the most important vineyards in the world, we retrace the history and evolution of viticulture: from the free and three-dimensional architectures of the past, we come to analyze the modern vertical shoot positioning systems.

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Test The Nature of the vine

PRUNING BASICS 1 Quiz

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In this chapter we understand why a vine is pruned, and the consequences of pruning wounds in the perennial structures of the plant.
We then analyze the two pruning systems, spur pruning and cane pruning, taking into consideration the two most representative training systems: the Guyot and the Spurred cordon.

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Test Pruning Basics

VINE MORPHOLOGY

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In this chapter we give an overview of the structure of the grape vine, focusing on those of its parts that are important for an understanding of the following chapters.
From the hypogeal organs, or the root system, that develops below the ground to the epigeal organs, or shoot system, that develops above the ground.

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TRADITIONAL CUTTING TECHNIQUES OF GUYOT 1 Quiz

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In this chapter we analyze the structure of a Guyot-trained plant, and then go on to describe how man traditionally prunes it, using the two main cutting techniques: the repositioning cut and the crown head.

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Test TRADITIONAL CUTTING TECHNIQUES OF GUYOT

CONSEQUENCES OF PRUNING WOUNDS (GUYOT) 1 Quiz

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By analyzing numerous cross sections of vines, we are going to study the consequences of pruning wounds caused by the techniques of the repositioning cut and the crown head and what these entail within the structure of the Guyot-trained plants.

Then we focus on the resulting trunk diseases and the premature deterioration of modern vineyards.

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Test CONSEQUENCES OF PRUNING WOUNDS

PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF THE SIMONIT&SIRCH METHOD (GUYOT) 1 Quiz

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In this chapter we are going to discover the four fundamental principles on which the SIMONIT & SIRCH METHOD is based: controlled branching, continuity of the sap flow, crown cuts and spare wood.

Through the analysis of the longitudinal sections, we understand the consequences of pruning on the perennial structures of the Guyot-trained plant, with the aim of having healthy and long-living vineyards.

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Test PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF THE SIMONIT&SIRCH METHOD