Green manure 🌿 is an #ancestral and very #current practice among the cooperators of the Cave de Beblenheim. A green manure can be defined as any #plant grown to increase #soil fertility and not to be harvested. 🚜
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🤔 But why a green manure?
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The roots produced by the green manure help to biologically decompact the soil. Their mechanical action affects the #structure of the soil and its #ublishing. ✅
A green manure also allows a natural fertilization of the soil and a better fixation of nitrogen (main #nutrient of the vine). 🆗
During their development and especially after burial, green manures naturally stimulate the biological activity of the soil. 🆙
In addition, green manures, like all cover crops, act to reduce #runningoff and fight erosion. 🔝
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