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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