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What is the name given to loosening the soil before planting a new vineyard by deep ploughing?
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Rigolen
Loosening of the soil before planting a new vineyard by deep ploughing at a depth of usually at least 30 to 80 centimetres, in rare cases up to 120 centimetres depending on the soil type (the Dutch-French infiltration ditch means deep gully or drainage ditch). The vineyard soils, some of which have been used for a thousand years, used to be rigged by hand every 30 to 80 years. Today this is done by machine every 20 to 40 years, unless it is completely dispensed with. This results in a loosening of the soil, the removal of compacted layers and the enrichment of the subsoil with missing nutrients, which is especially important when planting the young vines....
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