Vineyard Selection and Harvest Management
Establishment and Propagation
Canopy Management

Students in the Viticulture classes will learn the basic skills needed to grow and maintain vineyards in Oklahoma. Classes held year round.

Viticulture I – Vineyard Selection and Harvest Management; 3 credit hours, fall offering
Provides information about the viticulture history, geographic location where grapes are grown and climatic conditions necessary for viticulture production. Also provides information about cultivar and variety selection. Field oriented experience in vineyard layout, including site selection and preparation, construction trellis systems and vine training. Additional field experience in harvest management including equipment, processing and handling.

Viticulture II – Establishment and Propagation; 3 credit hours, spring offering
Designed to introduce students to morphological characteristics of the grape plant and process of propagation during the dormant season through bud break. Field experience in the process of vineyard establishment. Provides students with the skills necessary to prune an established vineyard and emphasizes methods of crop adjustment for improvement of fruit quality.

Viticulture III – Canopy Management; 3 credit hours, summer offering
Provides skills necessary for maintaining the vineyard from the point of pre-bloom through veraison. Emphasizes crop monitoring techniques, pruning, vine manipulation, determining vine health, pesticide scheduling, handling and application as well as irrigation and fertility management of the vineyard. Additional field experience in advanced propagation techniques including vineyard nursery management.

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For more information contact:

David Gerken
Associate Professor
Horticulture Program
OSU-Oklahoma City
John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center
400 N. Portland Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
(405) 945-3352
gerkend@osuokc.edu