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Services We Provide
Vineyard Maintenance
Pruning
Dormant and New Vine Tying
Fruit and Shoot Thinning
Crown Suckering
Shoot Positioning
Leaf Removal
Hand Harvest
Trellis Infrastructure Repair
Irrigation Drip System Repair
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Vineyard Equipment Resources
Vineyard Installation
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Site Preparation
Soil Amendment Application
Trellis Design and Layout
Trellis Infrastructure Installation
Irrigation Design and Layout
Irrigation Infrastucture Installation
Vineyard Cultivar and Rootstock Selection
Vine Planting
Technical Assistance
Floor Management (Discing, Mowing)
Custom Spraying (Weeds, Insect and Fungal Disease Control)
Harvest Bin Trailers
Landscape Maintenance
Crop Load Assessment
Analysis - (Soil, Water, Tissue)
Virus Testing
Irrigation Scheduling
Canopy Assessment
Grape Maturity Analysis
INMP (Irrigation Nitrogen Management Plans)
CCOF Organic Audits and Compliance
Sustainable Audit and Compliance Programs: Lodi Rule
Grape Marketing
Lawn Maintenance
Irrigation Repair
Irrigation Systems Upgrade
Weed Control
Plant and Tree Maintenance
About Luz Verde Vineyard Services
We Deliver Top Notch Service
We have 3 generations of managing vineyards throughout the Napa, Livermore and Northern Interior Regions of Lodi in California. Luz Verde has worked with many viticulture pioneers that has created an industry network of strategic partners to assist in the success of the company. From providing vineyard management services and consulting to the negotiations of selling fruit, we offer turnkey solutions that transforms vineyard property owners into profitable grape growers. Whether growing organically or by sustainable farming methods, we customize farming practices to match the buyer's needs. It is our goal to assure winemakers are pleased with the grapes that they purchase from your vineyard.
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For the last 20 years, we have been currently managing vineyards and tending to the majority of the Livermore wineries under our sister company Tres Valles Vineyard Management Inc. We have installed vineyards in a commercial setting and small homesite lots; providing partial and full maintenance programs. We are a registered Pest Control Business Company and are Certified Agriculture Irrigation Specialists under the Irrigation Association. We were involved with recreating the 2nd version of the Lodi Rules Sustainable Certification Program as well as a past Board Member of the San Joaquin Viticulture Technical Group and Lodi/Woodbridge Outlook and Research Technical Group. Currently involved with Lodi Woodbridge Commission Rootstock Focus Group.
Pioneers of Organic Farming
For over 30 years, we have been implementing organic methods of farming. We strongly practice many different ways in assuring that we are safety conscious, minimally disturbing the environment and ecosystem in the vineyard and being good stewards of the land. We focus our efforts in five key elements of organic farming which include; utilizing animals for grazing, applying natural resourced soil amendments, monitoring plant health through sap analysis, practicing no-till cultivation in conjunction with cover crops, and using natural non - synthetic pesticide methods to control insects and diseases.
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During the late winter months of the year, usually the vegetative cover in the vineyards are needing to be mowed down. Implementing animals to graze is a useful resource to keep costs at a minimum as well as adding animal manure to the soil surface.
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Natural soil amendments are also applied during the growing season. Depending on the soil health, soil biology and soil chemistry, the applications of fungal based compost, and compost teas along with Gypsum or Limestone soil amendments are applied.
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Monitoring the plant health during the various growth stages is very important. Both the youngest and most mature leaves are collected and pressed. The liquid sap extract helps determine whether or not the plant is extracting and utilizing a balance of nutrients throughout the plant. A refractometer is a tool we use to look at the brix (sugar) levels of the plant. The higher the brix levels in the sap extract, disease and insect pest pressure are noticeably reduced.
Minimizing soil disturbance is key in assuring that the soil food web is fully functioning efficiently. Practicing methods of mowing throughout the growing season allows for this to occur. Cultivation practices are only used in preparation of covercrop seedbeds or leveling out ground surfaces.
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Allowing the natural vegetative cover and cover crop species to thrive with minimal disturbance, enhances the population of predatory insects. Species of ladybugs, butterflies, lace wings and wasps can found in the canopy. This growing environment keeps control of unwanted insects such as mites and leafhoppers.
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