Green manner and plant cover for your organic or traditional vineyards.
Winemakers from all wine regions access also to the different possibilities of plant cover and green manures such as the large castles, in organic, biodynamic or traditional viticulture.
Our seed unit, created in 1817, is specialized in multi-species viticultural mixtures for traditional and organic vineyards for nearly 60 years. We support you on all the geographical regions of wine production with simple, ecological, annual or permanent solutions, effective whatever the nature of your soils, dry, acidic, normal, in plain or on slopes.
VITIVERT range of green manner and plant cover for winemaking are also available in 100% organic versions for annual or multi-annual planting up to 4-5 years. Cover can increase fertility while decompact the rows.
Composed of very fast-growing varieties with a strong root system, it provides good protection against erosion and improves the self-fertility flywheel by bringing the mineral and oligo elements to the surface while promoting the production of humus in the soil.
The strengthening of the presence of insects and living organisms, helped by a gas exchange oxygen / CO2, will allow the installation of a sustainable vitality of the soil and therefore be a permanent benefit for your grapevines. Its destruction by rolling or grinding, leaves a protective mulch on the surface, while the very varied root mass works different scales to improve the structure.
This cover makes it possible to improve the diversity of the perennial monoculture that is the vineyard and install many auxiliaries of cultures.
In addition, the flowering of the honey plants enhances biodiversity and the presence of bees and pollinating insects for a period of 5 to 7 months, which will participate in the long-term pollination of your grapevines, the fight against unwanted insects and bring a touch of natural color, appreciable for the visit of parcels by your customers.
The mixture is economical, implants should be done at the rate of 40 kg / ha in full rows and 20 kg / ha in inter-rows for the density of sowing/strong>. The VITIVERT range offers other mixtures adapted to acid soils as well as dry or steep areas.
“À la carte” mixtures are possible and start from 250kg, in order to satisfy as best as possible the quality of your own wines and will.
To make you even more proud of your vintage, plant the VITIVERT Green manner and plant cover mixtures in your vineyards.