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Price range: $1.95 through $2.35
The patented SCDC spreader® allows for fast, efficient, and controlled lifting and lowering.
Early season open position allows vegetative growth to develop between the mobile wires and stay protected. Once shoots have grown sufficiently the spreader can be closed, simply and quickly to obtain ideal vertical shoot positioning or left open to achieve a modified sprawl. Canopy spreaders improve light penetration and airflow by opening up dense vine canopies. Easy to install on line posts they help reduce disease pressure, improve spray coverage, and support even fruit ripening.
The goal of canopy spreaders is to expand the 3D size of the canopy to reduce tucking time and increase light efficiency. The primary benefits are:
Tucking time is reduced to 1-2x a year while the increased light efficiency may allow a reduction in canopy height and may reduce the lag of phenolic maturation. Improved photosynethic efficiency (that is the percentage of leaves receiving the maximum possible sunlight) has been shown to strengthen the linkage between sugar accumulation and phenolic maturation.
We see an average ROI on this product of 2 years through reduced labour (calculated by clients), determined by your current tucking process.
The first spreader is normally attached (permanently) to the post about 4” above the fruiting wire and the second about 16” above that. Your fruiting / lifting wires are held by the spreader. As the plant grows, the spreaders can be closed to keep a tight canopy and do not interfere with any vineyard equipment when closed.
There are options for any kind of post and different widths, based on row spacing.
