The Sobering Truth About Vineyard Soil Management A Spanish vineyard's 20 year experiment has yielded a crucial lesson for dry, water limited vineyards worldwide: leaving soil undisturbed and maintaining plant cover can dramatically improve its health.
This approach is based on sound science, with far reaching implications.
The study, published in Frontiers in Soil Science, focused on a central Spanish vineyard where the farmer deliberately eschewed irrigation, pesticides, and other external inputs for over two decades.