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Grünriss

English translation: summer pruning

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German term or phrase:Grünriss
English translation:summer pruning

14:17 Jun 12, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-06-15 16:54:15 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / apple cultivation
German term or phrase: Grünriss
Im integrierten Apfelanbau werden mechanische (Schnitt, Wurzelschnitt, Handausdünnung,
Grünriss), biologische (Nützlinge), biochemische (Pheromonfallen, Massenfangfallen) und chemische Methoden eingesetzt.

Can someone tell me what "Grünriss" is? (either the English term or at least an explanation)
Claudia Schreiner
Austria
Local time: 16:24
summer pruning
Explanation:
If efreitag is right about Juniriss, this might be the solution.

Der Juniriss ist ab Monatsbeginn üblich, solange die Triebe an der Basis noch nicht verholzt sind. Sie entstehen häufig an größeren Schnittstellen, an belichteten Oberseiten der Äste oder an Umveredelungen und werden gemeinhin als “Wasserschosse” bezeichnet, die große Mengen von Saft und Nährstoffen zu Lasten anderer Kronenteile entziehen. Typisch ist in der Regel der senkrechte Wuchs nach oben. Sie sind außerdem bevorzugte Befallsstellen für Blatt- und Blutläuse. Man reißt sie mit kurzem Ruck samt den “Schlafenden” Augen an der Basis ab. Der Wundverschluss erfolgt schnell. Gleichzeitig wird das Längenwachstum des Baumes gebremst, die Belichtung im Bauminnern gefördert und die Bildung neuer Blütenknospen angeregt.
http://www.garten-noerdlingen.de/Aktuelles/Juniriss/juniriss...

Trieb – shoot, sprout

Summer Pruning

After the new vegetative growth has reached 3 to 4 inches in length, summer pruning should begin. The first step is to select one upright shoot near the top of the tree to be the leader. After selecting the leader shoot, remove all other competing shoots for approximately 4 inches below it; rehead the tree above this leader.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html


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Note added at 55 mins (2011-06-12 15:13:00 GMT)
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Wasserschosse – water sprouts

Pulling off water sprouts when they are still succulent in June is a common orchard practice.
http://www.rainyside.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3569


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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-12 15:38:44 GMT)
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Pruning: The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.

Summer pruning, also called green pruning, is usually performed in May and June (in the northern hemisphere) to remove excess growth and foliage. It consists of removing suckers, excess shoots, and the foliage around the grapes so that they receive more nutrients and sunshine (the latter technique is sometimes referred to simply as leaf removal).

http://www.answers.com/topic/pruning
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:24
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1mopping off
John Speese
3 +1summer pruning
Kim Metzger
Summary of reference entries provided
Juniriss?
Erik Freitag

Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
summer pruning


Explanation:
If efreitag is right about Juniriss, this might be the solution.

Der Juniriss ist ab Monatsbeginn üblich, solange die Triebe an der Basis noch nicht verholzt sind. Sie entstehen häufig an größeren Schnittstellen, an belichteten Oberseiten der Äste oder an Umveredelungen und werden gemeinhin als “Wasserschosse” bezeichnet, die große Mengen von Saft und Nährstoffen zu Lasten anderer Kronenteile entziehen. Typisch ist in der Regel der senkrechte Wuchs nach oben. Sie sind außerdem bevorzugte Befallsstellen für Blatt- und Blutläuse. Man reißt sie mit kurzem Ruck samt den “Schlafenden” Augen an der Basis ab. Der Wundverschluss erfolgt schnell. Gleichzeitig wird das Längenwachstum des Baumes gebremst, die Belichtung im Bauminnern gefördert und die Bildung neuer Blütenknospen angeregt.
http://www.garten-noerdlingen.de/Aktuelles/Juniriss/juniriss...

Trieb – shoot, sprout

Summer Pruning

After the new vegetative growth has reached 3 to 4 inches in length, summer pruning should begin. The first step is to select one upright shoot near the top of the tree to be the leader. After selecting the leader shoot, remove all other competing shoots for approximately 4 inches below it; rehead the tree above this leader.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html


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Note added at 55 mins (2011-06-12 15:13:00 GMT)
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Wasserschosse – water sprouts

Pulling off water sprouts when they are still succulent in June is a common orchard practice.
http://www.rainyside.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3569


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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-12 15:38:44 GMT)
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Pruning: The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.

Summer pruning, also called green pruning, is usually performed in May and June (in the northern hemisphere) to remove excess growth and foliage. It consists of removing suckers, excess shoots, and the foliage around the grapes so that they receive more nutrients and sunshine (the latter technique is sometimes referred to simply as leaf removal).

http://www.answers.com/topic/pruning


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much for your help! Yes, I think, summer pruning (green pruning) is it, but as efreitag said I'm still not sure if "pruning" is "cutting" rather than "pulling off". If so, I could go with leaf removal. On the other hand, summer pruning sounds fine with me.

Asker: Thank you one more time, Kim! Yes, I think that's it. This was actually my doubt yesterday, that Grünriss is a little less than all the activities involved in summer pruning. You were of great help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): or thinning http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html#dormant
10 mins
neutral  Erik Freitag: Aber deckt das das Abreißen im Gegensatz zum Schneiden ab? In dem Link ist nur von "cuts" die Rede./Ja klar, ich meine nur, dass unter "pruning" nur von "cuts" die Rede ist. Pulling of water sprouts ist eindeutiger, aber natürlich nicht so griffig.
22 mins
  -> Yes, 'Riss' is pulling them off. See note added. But I think 'pruning' still covers it. "Summer pulling" wouldn't work very well. See http://tinyurl.com/3h5xez5
neutral  Cetacea: "summer pruning" involves more than "Grünriss" or "Juniriss", which only means to snap off watersprouts, as John explains below.//That would work.
5 hrs
  -> New proposal: water shoot removal.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mopping off


Explanation:
I did a translation on apple growing and this is the term I found. I don't have an online source but I got it out of my old pomology textbook in college, Modern Fruit Science by Dr. Norman Childers. The watersprouts, which are non-productive extraneous growth, are simply snapped off by hand in the direction opposite their growth, which is a lot quicker and more efficient that pruning them off with shears. This is done in June or July, depending on the region, when they are just mature enough to break off easily.

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Note added at 22 hrs (2011-06-13 12:45:36 GMT)
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Thanks, Claudia. But I would defer to Kim if UK rather than US terminology is preferred. As he points out, terminology can be quite different in fields like this, and I'm an American and not familiar with UK terminology.

John Speese
United States
Local time: 10:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 96
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your great help, John! This is it.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: That's it.
26 mins
neutral  Kim Metzger: John - you're one of our agricultural experts, so I hate to disagree, but it wouldn't surprise me if our asker is looking for the BE term. I think water shoot removal would work better here.
2 hrs
  -> That might be a good way to phrase it, Kim. I'm not familiar enough with British usage except to know that it can be different. But I'd favor watersprouts over watershoots.
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Reference comments


5 mins
Reference: Juniriss?

Reference information:
Nur eine Idee: Google mal nach "Juniriss". Das ist das Abreißen von unerwünschten Trieben (im Gegensatz zum Abschneiden). Ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass Grünriss dasselbe meint.

Erik Freitag
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Note to reference poster
Asker: Vielen, vielen Dank für den wertvollen Tipp! Jetzt muss ich nur noch rausfinden, wie man das auf English nennt.

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