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The
soil
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Soil
preparation
During
May, we prepare the lands which are going to be planted the
year after. It consists in kicking down the plot of land in
depth by means of a plough which goes down up to about 0,80
meter and to bring thorough fertilizers. We take advantage of
it to extract big stones which are raised to the surface and
to remove the roots. This operation is very important because
it conditions the quality and the lifetime of the future
plantation.
Ploughing
The
ploughing is done very regularly from December till July. It
is essential for :
 the aeration of
the ground,
the uncrunshing
of the ground,
the mechanical
weeding,
the holding back
of rains water,
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We use an inter-stock plough which ploughs between stocks what
allows to avoid the use of chemical weed killers.
Manuring
Fertilizers are spread on the ground during winter
(December to February). They are organic (fertilizers)
type essentially. Contributions of magnesia allow to
reduce chloroses observed on some plots of land and so to
improve the photosynthesis and so the quality. Analyses of
ground are made regularly by the laboratory of
Suze-la-Rousse's university to keep control on the quantities
spread and so the yields which are the key factor for the
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