Handbook for Irrigation of Wine Grapes in South Africa

Chapter 3

FIGURE 3.15. An example of poor irrigation water infiltration caused by compaction in the wheel track in a vineyard near Stellenbosch. Figure 3.16

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Infiltration rate (mm/h)

Control

Furrows + compost

Root pruning Root puning + compost

FIGURE 3.16. Effect of compost placed in furrows and covered with soil, as well as compost incorporated during root pruning into the soil by means of a small excavator, compared to a control and root pruning without compost on water infiltration in the work rows in a vineyard near Stellenbosch (Moffat, 2017).

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