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A mutual question each winery gets asked is how much it costs to plant an acre of grapes. The list beneath shows approximate prices to put in one acre of grapes. That’s 15 rows, 90m in length, 3m isolated and a vine each 2m. All prices are approximate, but you get the idea. I’ve also included when each action has to be done all around the year. This example assumes we’d be planting the vines this spring so we started work on this block last year. And this is in Australia so for the northern hemisphere just add 6 months to the time given. Remember, these prices are APPROXIMATE and vary a lot depending on where you are in the world. Order and recompense for grape vines, phylloxerra immune grafted rootstock vines .. $2,363 .. November Soil test to determine what is missing from the soil .. $250 .. December Spread lime, gypsum and other soil requirements .. it would be rare in Australia that lime and gypsum would not necessitated as we in general have very old acidic soils and vines need a neutral soil pH .. $800 .. January Plan and peg out the layout of the vineyard, best done with the support of a surveyor .. $1,350 .. January Deep rip the land for root penetration and drainage, you need a BIG machine to do this and you have to rip to a depth of at least 500mm .. $600 .. February Sow cover crop to build up soil organic matter and nitrogen content .. $150 .. May Turn in cover crop to incorporate organic matter .. $90 .. September Power harrow land to level area and seed permanent grass sward (grass in the vine alleys) so the soil doesn’t blow away and you may work in the vines for the duration of wet times .. $195 .. September Buy treated pine posts for end box assemblies, posts around 175mm diameter are required as a totally laden trellis will exert substantial pull on the end assemblies .. $2,400 .. September Buy steel posts for each row, one is required each 6m – the steel posts flex in the ground and the harvester may pick around them, pine posts in the middle of the row don’t flex and the harvester will ‘miss’ the grapes 300mm each side of the post or, it will break the post .. $1,260 .. September Buy wire, 1 irrigation wire, 1 fruit wire and 4 foliage wires for each row, foliage wires may be added later, but it’s posing no difficulty to get everything done at one time .. $695 .. September Buy vine guards, these work as a hot house around each vine, they protect versus rabbits, wind and chemical spray drift .. $1,013 .. September Buy irrigation pipe, drippers, connectors and assume we are connecting to an existent irrigation scheme so no pumps or filters are included in this price .. $1,200 .. September Contractor to drive treated pine and steel posts into the ground .. $1,200 .. October Contractor to build end assemblies .. $400 .. October Put wires up and strain as required .. $450 .. October Install irrigation lines, drippers and connect to existent irrigation scheme .. $450 .. October Weed spray in vine row so that green grass is left in the alley ways and the new vine is planted in bare world so there is no contest from weeds for nutrients and water .. $210 .. October Plant grape vines .. this is back breaking work, each vine has to be dug in and watered as you go .. $300 .. November Tie vine up to the fruit wire .. we want to have the vine up to the fruit wire as speedily as possible so it may commence supplying fruit and we want nice straight trunks on the vines so it’s easy to work around them .. $300 .. November Put on vine guards .. $300 .. November Slash down the vine rows, a regular task for the duration of spring to autumn, required on intermediate each two weeks .. $90 .. November Buy & disseminate fertiliser .. organic fertiliser to give the vine a kick start, employ regarding one ton to the acre .. $830 .. November Weed spray in vine row, a regular task that may be helped by mulching underneath the vines, without the weed spray the young vine is competing versus the weeds for nutrients and water .. $210 .. December Slash down the vine rows, ideally this is with a side throw mower so the cut matter provides a mulch beneath the vines .. $90 .. December De-sucker vines .. the vine will try to grow shoots from each bud on the trunk, we have to open the vine guard, snap off these suckers and clip the vine guard back on and this has to be done steadily for the duration of the growing season .. $300 .. December Total for the original year for one acre .. $17,495
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