tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post1927713663110780584..comments2023-12-18T15:03:52.326+00:00Comments on Jim's Loire: Orange vines@Saumur: a curious way to celebrate biodiversityCRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356808627188214016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-62018263763940062011-01-09T19:41:09.763+00:002011-01-09T19:41:09.763+00:00For once, you are more radical than I. But your po...For once, you are more radical than I. But your point is well taken.Luc Charliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-2777048725773979942011-01-09T16:21:57.595+00:002011-01-09T16:21:57.595+00:00Luc. It is the fundamentals that are important her...Luc. It is the fundamentals that are important here. These you nail in your first sentence. The other technical details are irrelevant here.<br /><br />I don't know how many visitors the Château de Saumur attracts a year but it must run into many thousands, so the impression created here is very important. This ought to mean that this is certainly no place to use weedkiller in this small plot of vines.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456611623448834500.post-72337360185216492782011-01-09T12:44:18.552+00:002011-01-09T12:44:18.552+00:00Jim, you are right about this orange colour not be...Jim, you are right about this orange colour not being the best of propaganda for an “environment-friendly” approach of grape-growing.<br />Still, using weed-killers between the vines and leaving vegetation alive between the ranks is already a better approach altogether than ... “la culture nue” which one so often notices.<br />I imagine the “employés municipaux” of Saumur have other businesses to attend than just keeping the vineyard of the city tidy.<br />Here, there are two aspects at stakes: (i) the deleterious effect of the pesticides in general and (ii) the quality of the biological life in the soil. Spraying “between the vines only” means a lot less product than an “overall eradication” (already an improvement), and leaving the middle of the rank untouched preserves biodiversity.Luc Charliernoreply@blogger.com