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How are our plants produced?
All our plants are produced in the nursery (without exception), in open ground and in open fields.
In Organic Agriculture
What this means :
Our plants grow outdoors and are not "forced" in a greenhouse just to have larger plants. Our plants therefore grow in the same conditions as those they will have at home, which guarantees you an unrivaled quality of recovery and very robust plants.
Wind (even storms), thunderstorms, hail, periods of drought and heat waves... Our plants already experience all of this and have not grown in artificial conditions sheltered from the elements with intensive irrigation.
Natural growing conditions :
Here, no fertilizers (chemical or organic), but natural fertilization by living soil! This means that, unlike conventional agriculture which considers the soil as a simple support (dead or almost) and which must compensate for this by adding fertilizers (often chemical), at Pépi Berry we choose to protect and even aggregate (improve) our soil by adding not fertilizers (direct food for the plant) but amendments (which nourish the soil).
Furthermore, we never (or only for very short periods between two crops for example) keep our soil bare. Organic mulch (mowing, chippings etc.) is systematically applied in order to nourish and protect our soil as well as the immense biodiversity it shelters and therefore to preserve this soil life (the only guarantee of naturally fertile soil) while protecting it from the beating of rain, the formation of a crust due to the sun, frost, UV rays, etc.
At Pépi Berry it's: Cow manure (organic), oyster shells (for PH), Basalt (life and paramagnetism of the soil), fresh mowing (nitrogen), local miscanthus shredding (carbon, creation of humus, retains humidity, limits weed growth) and the use of homemade or organic and Breton manure (to strengthen and protect while encouraging good growth).
In what format are they sold?
By growing in the ground, we can do without plastic pots and potting soil, which is always made from peat(s) (a rare and precious material that is plundered from peat bogs with the environmental impact that this entails).
The plants are therefore sold without a pot or potting soil and are then called "bare-rooted".
But what does this imply then?
It's simple, there are only two small "disadvantages" for a whole bunch of advantages.
Disadvantages:
- You must wait for the plant to rest before removing it from the ground and replanting it at home.
You then have the whole winter (which is more than enough) and it is in any case the best planting period (whether for a potted plant or bare-rooted).
- The plant must be replanted quickly after purchase (ideally within the day) or stored in a container (roots protected in sand, soil, a pile of wood chips, etc.).
That's all!
Benefits :
- More ecological and environmentally friendly culture.
- A lower price (no more paying for the pot, the potting soil and the hours spent watering).
- Better quality plants (grown in real soil and not in an artificial substrate).
- A quality root system, much superior to that of a potted plant.
- Lower weight (for sending parcels, or the health of your back).
- No more risk of transporting parasites via the soil (Platyhelminthes (flatworms), root-eating larvae, gastropod eggs or other parasites, etc.).
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Some images to illustrate my point :
Root knot of potted trees. It is impossible to recover; the tree will die quickly or, at best, remain unchanged.
Very beautiful root system of a young bare-root tree.
Excellent recovery guaranteed in spring!
Platyhelminthes, invasive exotic worms with no predators, feed on our earthworms (and not only them), endangering the health of our soils.
A natural peat bog, a sensitive and rare site home to endemic flora and fauna. A peat bog takes 100 years to "grow" 5 to 10 cm.
Peat bog completely plundered, fauna and flora destroyed forever.
Exploitation and destruction of a peat bog
Exploitation / Compost factory
