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French term or phrase:
tailler moins ras
English translation:
Pruning less hard
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Moustafa Abouelkheir
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I cannot find a specific term for ''tailler moins ras''; the context is as follows:
Vigne : pourquoi tailler moins ras aide à freiner l’esca
Can you help me please? thanks in advance.
Vigne : pourquoi tailler moins ras aide à freiner l’esca
Can you help me please? thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | Pruning less hard |
ormiston
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| 4 | gentler/less drastic pruning |
philgoddard
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| 3 +1 | less severe pruning |
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Proposed translations
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Pruning less hard
The term 'hard pruning' is used.
The secret is to prune them hard every year, aiming to ensure your vine bears far fewer grapes than it’s capable of producing.
The secret is to prune them hard every year, aiming to ensure your vine bears far fewer grapes than it’s capable of producing.
Peer comment(s):
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Yolanda Broad
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Cathy Rosamond
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B D Finch
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Anne Greaves
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gentler/less drastic pruning
It literally means "cutting less short".
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/ras
Esca is a disease of vines:
http://www.evineyardapp.com/blog/2016/06/06/esca-devastating...
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Note added at 22 mins (2020-08-17 17:17:53 GMT)
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You can also say "soft pruning": https://www.pum.com.au/blog/new-pruning-techniques-improving...
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/ras
Esca is a disease of vines:
http://www.evineyardapp.com/blog/2016/06/06/esca-devastating...
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Note added at 22 mins (2020-08-17 17:17:53 GMT)
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You can also say "soft pruning": https://www.pum.com.au/blog/new-pruning-techniques-improving...
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less severe pruning
Please see my comment and question in the discussion. Thanks
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Rachel Fell
: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/file... https://www.vineyardteam.org/files/resources/2016 Tailgate F...
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Thanks Rachel Fell
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Discussion
Nope, "pruning less hard" is in a pdf, page 199
https://issuu.com/agrihorti/docs/pruning_and_training__revis...
I'm not saying that "hard pruning" does not exist but I'm questioning "pruning less hard". It just doesn't sound like colloquial English to me and the ghits prove it.
I did wonder if it has an antonym and "soft pruning" is used but it seems to mean something slightly different to what we need.
See for instance: https://pum.com.au/blog/new-pruning-techniques-improving-aus...
Regards
I don't get what's going on here so maybe someone can explain it to me please?
"Pruning less hard" gets one Ghit
"Lighter pruning" gets 8,530 Ghits
"Less drastic pruning" gets 2,460 ghits
Finally, "less severe pruning", which I might suggest, gets 36,800 ghits