Productive process
VEGETAL MATERIAL
The necessary plant material, cuttings, is obtained from the fields of mother vines, and the buds for the total production of plants are obtained from the different fields of vinifera varieties.
At VIVEROS GILABERT we have fields of rootstock mother strains, located in different plots to perfect their adaptation to the most favorable soil characteristics for each rootstock, and vinifera fields from which we obtain the buds of different varieties of wine grapes, both for the production of red or white wine.
Our lands are irrigated, to achieve greater production and quality.
All our material is certified by the technicians of the Plant Health Department of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of the Generalitat Valenciana to be able to supply the farmer with Virus-Free Plants or Certified Material.
Todo nuestro material está certificado por los técnicos del departamento de Sanidad Vegetal de la Conselleria de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente de la Generalitat Valenciana para poder suministrar al agricultor Plantas Libres de Virus o Material Certificado.
GRAFT
After the collection and selection of cuttings from the fields of mother vines and the buds of the different fields of vinifera varieties, we will proceed to transfer them to our warehouses.
The cuttings are cleaned and cut with machinery to ensure greater uniformity and the buds are divided into spikes of one bud, selecting the best, preserving them in the most favorable way in our cold chambers until grafting.
Using highly precise grafting machines with an omega system, the cutting and assembly of the cutting and the bud is done, called grafting. To properly carry out this process, it is necessary to select the closest bud and stake diameters and verify the rigidity of the union between them.
Next, the first waxing is done to protect the union area, introducing the grafts in boxes provided with a substrate, taking them to a forcing chamber in which we will produce the necessary factors, temperature and humidity, which will intervene in the welding and the welding is carried out. Stratification between pattern-variety and rooting of the graft.
A few days before planting, the boxes are removed from the chamber to acclimatize to the outside temperature. All the shoots and roots are removed and the second waxing is carried out, ready for planting.
The omega graft carried out in the workshop is the most efficient method for the propagation of the vine plant.
NURSERY
Once the grafting is finished, we take the grafted cuttings to the nursery, previously prepared with perforated black plastic to ensure the planting density. With this system, greater conservation of soil moisture, better use of fertilizers, elimination of weeds and greater protection of plant growth is achieved.
Through advanced cultivation techniques and the application of our specialized knowledge, we will influence the greatest possible development and health of the plants, carrying out irrigation, fertilization, pruning and treatments during the months of May to October.
Once the vegetative cycle is finished, we proceed to start the grafts, taking them to our warehouses where they will be subjected to a rigorous selection both in terms of quality and quantity of the root system, as well as the welding union and strength of their vegetative shoots, protecting them again with paraffin.
Their conditioning, disinfection and packaging will be essential, so that our grafts reach our winegrowers with the best guarantees.
Conseguidas las plantas y seleccionadas conforme las normativas exigidas, éstas son identificadas con “Etiqueta Certificada” donde queda especificada variedad, patrón, clón y vivero.