Growing Environment

Question 1

What five things does a vine need to complete annual growing cycle

Answer 1

Water
Nutrients
Heat
Sunlight
CO2

Question 2

What temperature does it have to reach for vines to grow

Answer 2

10 C / 50 F

Question 3

Of the five growing factors, which determines what varietal can be grown in where

Answer 3

Heat - heat during growing season

Question 4

What six factors affect heat

Answer 4

Latitude
Altitude
Ocean currents
Fog
Soil
Aspect

Question 5

Which colored soil helps absorb and radiate heat back to the vines

Answer 5

Darker colored soils

Question 6

What are the effects of a soil with high water content

Answer 6

Takes more energy to warm
Conduct heat to vine more quickly than dry
Can delay budburst

Question 7

In the Northern hemisphere which facing slopes receive the most heat/sunlight

Answer 7

South

Question 8

What does it mean to have a high continentality?

Answer 8

There is a large difference in seasonal temperatures

Question 9

How does a large body of water effect the climate around it

Answer 9

They have a warming affect in winter and a cooling effect in summer as water temperatures warm and cool more slowly than land.
This can decrease the continentality of the area around the water