The wood looks good, the leaves do not dry out, the chlorosis has disappeared, all of this is going in the right direction.
Crop/Production
Sylvain Chobet is winegrower in Portel-des-Corbières (France).
The vineyard : 15 hectares of vines, half AOC Corbières and half vin de pays. Member of the "Rocbère Cooperative Caves" in Portel-des-Corbières, in France.
Product/Usage
- Bactériosol concentré (since 2015) / To increase soil fertility naturally.
Testimonial
Life in our soils, it is every day that he sees it coming back. With less disease pressure, Sylvain Chobet is now working with more resistant vines, particularly resistant to breaking due to the wind, which is not trivial in this region. "I had chlorosis problems that I couldn't control. I once spoke to a friend who was using BACTÉRIOSOL. I started by seeding three hectares and then the rest the following year. I reduced chlorosis by 50% in the first year and the wood ripened completely. The fall of the leaves was also delayed.
In the third year, I had 90% less chlorosis
Before I had a plot of vines where in winter, the water could stay 15 or 20 days on the surface. Now, following precipitations, the water is gone. It means that the earth has regained its porosity. These are loamy soils that now drink water. With the SOBAC sales representative, during the follow-up of the plots, we dug the plots with forks, and it was crazy to see how life had resumed. As for drought, I have a vine that has been seeded with BACTÉRIOSOL since its planting and its yield has smoothed to within 100 kilos.
And it keeps its leaves much longer. We find it much more vigorous. I have been working for four years with BACTÉRIOSOL and I have less millerandage, a lack of ripening of the vine. The clusters are denser. There is better resistance to disease, and I avoided the headache of powdery mildew last year. Now I feel like I'm working with healthy products and I see life coming back. Everything is starting to make sense. Before, I spent my time adding foliar. No more. I have proof now that everything needed is already in the soil; you just have to unblock it.
The plant no longer stresses
There are a lot of earthworms in the planters. The wood looks good, the leaves do not dry out, the chlorosis has disappeared, all of this is going in the right direction. I have a plot in Syrah which has been seeded for two years with BACTÉRIOSOL and there is an incredible life. We feel that the plant is no longer stressed. Of course, health is also a part of my thinking. Now, I only use nitrogen, 30 to 40 units per hectare. I am increasing in performance; my results are going in the right direction.
BACTÉRIOSOL is one tool among many, and it accompanies us comfortably. As the plant is more robust, I have much less breakage in the wind and this is especially important in regions like here. We have had a lot less in the last two years. Since life returned to the soils, I have many more gulls and crows following the tractor. I work on some plots at night so that they don't eat all the earthworms ...! With SOBAC, we are not let loose once the contract is signed. There is a real follow-up. I have a vine in a basin that has been worked with BACTÉRIOSOL for two years.
Colleagues ask me what I have used to make it so beautiful
There is juice, wood, it's amazing. The vines won't stop producing. It is going slowly but surely, and that’s what’s important to us. There is much less stress on the plant. There is wood, so there is strength”.
Results
- 90% less chlorosis in 3 years
- Better soil structure
- Better quality of grapes, fewer diseases
- Decrease in nitrogen
- More robust plant
- Less stress on plants