SOIL PREPARATION

CHAPTER 5

FIGURE 5.10: Terracing on a 19 degree (42 %) slope of the Simonsberg in the Stellenbosch area of South Africa. Note that the terrace is narrow, constructed for safe implement traffic only, and positioned between two vine rows of wine grapes spaced 4.5 m apart (Photo: J.E. Hoffman, Stellenbosch University).

FIGURE 5.11: Contour roads on a steep mountain slope with wine grapes planted on the slope and trained to an “echalas” trellising system. The soil has a high water infiltration rate and the planting distance is 1.0 x 1.2 m (Photos: J.E. Hoffman, Stellenbosch University).

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