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Budding & Grafting

November 16, 2023 @ 8:30 am

| $85

Want to learn the tricks and ticks for budding and grafting in your vineyard?

Topics and focus:

  • Grafting or budding? Selecting the appropriate method.
  • Tools: selection and maintenance.
  • Preparation of rootstock cuttings.
  • Collection and preparation of vine stock cuttings.
  • Splice grafting.
  • Chip budding.

Extensive course notes covering aspects of budding and grafting techniques.

Cost for the workshop is $85 and includes tuition, course materials, morning tea and lunch.

This workshop will be conducted by Mike Hayes, the founder and director of Vine to Wine Consulting.  After 40 years, Mike is an icon of the Queensland Wine Industry.  He has been a Churchill fellow, was named 2017 ASVO Winemaker of the Year  and won the 2014 Samuel Bassett Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Queensland Wine Industry.