The New Zealand Winegrowers events are comprised of a series of 80-minute workshops, covering everything from sprayer maintenance to managing spray drift, powdery mildew to mealybug, and from the safe use of chemicals when mixing and spraying to biosecurity planning on your vineyard. The Spray Days events are free to attend, thanks to Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.
The topics:
- Keeping yourself safe during spraying
- Sprayer maintenance and setup
- Mealybug control
- Managing spray drift
- Understanding chemical rates - from labels to Grapelink
- Biosecurity planning
- Trunk disease (Northland/Auckland only).
The Dates:
Northland: 3 August
Waiheke Island: 5 August
Gisborne: 10 August
Hawke's Bay: 11-12 August
Martinborough: 13 August
Marlborough (Blenheim): 16-18 August
Marlborough (Awatere): 19 August
Nelson: 20 August
Waipara: 31 August
Central Otago: 2 September
Go to the nzwine.com members site to register. If you have any questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
