{"id":6349,"date":"2021-02-20T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T11:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/?p=6349"},"modified":"2021-02-20T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T11:51:38","slug":"cover-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/en\/cover-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Cover Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Green ground covers let us:\u00a0minimize soil erosion and water runoff, improve soil structure, help to control vines\u2019 vigour and grow better fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits on soil characteristics: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Improve soil structure thanks to its roots.<\/li><li>Suppress soil erosion in winter and minimize summer erosion.<\/li><li>Improve the level of organic matter.<\/li><li>Drain extremely humit soils, \u201cmulch effect\u201d at summer time.<\/li><li>Increase soil microflora, fertility and consistency.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However the benefits are not just on soil characteristics, the vines can enjoy many benefits from green cover: help to control vines\u2019 vigour, help grape ripening, increase grape polyphenols and reduce the risk of illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, the main advantages of green cover are : improvement of soil fertility, reduce the risk of erosin an water runoff, pest control,better water holding capacity and soil structure, and more benefits related to microbial communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe work with different cover crops tailored to the specific needs on each single vineyard. In this way, we increase the biodiversity and biological natural processes. As a result, we optimize water reserves and nutrients,\u201d <\/em><strong>says Daniel P\u00e9rez, <a href=\"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/en\/our-team\/\">Director of Viticulture an Agronomic Projects<\/a>. Third generation of P\u00e9rez Pascuas family.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"cover crop\" data-id=\"6350\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/en\/?attachment_id=6350\" class=\"wp-image-6350 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/perezpascuas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-02-20-at-12.05.07-4.jpeg 1564w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shrubs and trees plantation and the preservation of compensatory areas -as diversity hotspot both within and on the perimeter of the\u00a0 vineyard- are farming practices implemented in Vi\u00f1a Pedrosa. And all of them, together with green cover crops are very effective actions to grow top quality grapes and reduce carbon footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green ground covers let us:\u00a0minimize soil erosion and water runoff, improve soil structure, help to control vines\u2019 vigour and grow better fruit. 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