SOILS
Before trellis installation, each block of the vineyard was surveyed with centimeter resolution GPS. Multiple soil samples were taken in each block at GPS surveyed locations. The soils are all classified as sandy loams or sandy slit loams, predominately of the Scoon series.
The Scoon series consists of very shallow, well-drained soils on terraces and alluvial fans. This is typical of a geological location where windblown loess has been deposited on a more durable substrate. The underlying sediments, glacial outwash, were deposited 13,000 to 20,000 years ago by catastrophic floods of glacial meltwater from Glacial Lake Missoula. The floodwater reached an elevation of 1,450 feet. |
soil depth in north 80%
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