{"id":739,"date":"2026-01-27T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:24:30","slug":"adding-organic-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/en\/2026\/01\/27\/adding-organic-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding organic matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A grapevine is like a human being: it needs nourishment. That is why soil conditioners must be added regularly. Since I practice organic viticulture, using chemical fertilizers is out of the question, as it would mean losing my organic certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A soil analysis carried out in 2021 revealed a nitrogen deficiency. Since then, I have been adding an organic soil conditioner every year. The organic matter consists of plant pulp and oilseed cakes, and this material is approved for use in organic farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, my brother advised me to tilling in another type of organic fertilizer made from crushed horn. Crushed horn is a natural product suitable for organic farming; it is a nitrogen-rich organic fertilizer that promotes microbial life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, you can see the result of the plowing between the rows before the application of the soil conditioner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A grapevine is like a human being: it needs nourishment. That is why soil conditioners must be added regularly. Since I practice organic viticulture, using chemical fertilizers is out of the question, as it would mean losing my organic certification. A soil analysis carried out in 2021 revealed a nitrogen deficiency. Since then, I have… Poursuivre la lecture Adding organic matter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe-en","entry"],"mb":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Capture-decran-2026-01-27-a-14.18.34.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack_sharing_enabled","gutenberg_elementor_mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}