Soil Preparation for growing vines

Soil Preparation for growing vines

Soil Preparation for growing vines

In the laboratory all the chemistry of the soil will be scrutinized. His riches and deficiencies organic and inorganic as well
as its texture. From the findings in the laboratory can start preparing the soil itself, adding
fertilizer, lime and organic matter necessary. But this increase will only occur after plowing, disking and the opening
the pits. Necessarily the soil should be moldboard plowed. Plowing aims to homogenize the soil, eliminating the small
slopes and roll it to make it more permeable. The harrowing, in turn, aims to eliminate lumps,
that is, the compact blocks that damage the land drainage and leave the surface of heterogenous. Implemented these practices
part to the opening of the spaces where the seedlings will be deposited.

Opening of the soil.
The soil can be opened in three ways. In the form of trenches, pits, or through a process called surriba.

- The gutters are continuous trenches measuring on average 80cm wide by 60cm deep. Are usually
opened in soils more compact and depending on the case are used backhoes.

- The pits are isolated cavities, open one by one. The ideal size is 60cm wide by 60cm long by 60cm
deep.

- The surriba is a deep plowing. Consists in removimento all terrain with the aid of machines.

Once opened new ground care must be taken, especially in the first two forms (pit and trench).
It should remove the soil that is removed to the surface and mix with the ground. These are different lands. The land
soil is rich in organic material. It is what interests the plant. So it is important that it is distributed around
the root. The only way to do this is through the mixture. Without it the earth's surface will stop at the most
funds of the pits and ditches.

The ideal soil for the vines have an average texture, or is formed by a mixture of sand (coarse particles) and
clay (fine particles).