Planting of the plot "Les Croix"

After 41 years and good and loyal services, the Chardonnay of  "les Croix" located at Villers-Marmery was erased last automn. The soil has relied throughoput the winter and has suffered the freezing and thawing which aerate.

As a first step, should be drawn alignments and parallels to prepare implementation of the vine. Roads will be spaced each meter. Then, a cord is tense, it is leaded each meter and twenty centimeters to show the location of the ceps. Now, it's time to make hole that will receive the new plant.


After being grafted,  and to avoid the cannot become infected at the level of the wound of grafting, the plants are dipped in wax (red this year). This shell will protect the new vine, but its low resistance will not prevent it to grow.

The young vines are then gently planted by hand, and we fill the hole and compacting so the roots will be in contact with the soil. Should repeat as many times as there are hole. On this plot of 0.0492 hectares, they are more than 440 plants.

The planting is now complete. Soon we will need ri protect the plant with nets to prevent rabbit from eating the buds and waint to years to see the first grappes that we will be abble to harvest after 3 years.