Uncrating the Vines

The weather was a little unsettled over the weekend and we continued to monitor the situation. On Sunday, we received a call from Steve saying that the planting is a go! We had to get into action to uncrate the vines and trim the roots to the required 8 inches. Mercier did a great job in packing the vines and labeling the outside of the box regarding the contents. We put the sawdust in another box and lifted out the neatly packed bundles of joy!, oh yes grapevines. There were 25 to a bundle and it made it easy for us to cut off the roots. We then put the bundle into a solution of Superthrive.

The first time we finished uncrating, cutting roots, soaking the vines it took us 3 hours. We calculated that it took us 40 minutes back and forth from home to fill up our IBC tank with water and Superthrive solution. The next time, we didn't take that long but by the time we were on box number 4, it was raining and we had our rain gear on. Lesson number 1: Things just take much longer then we actually planned for. None of this would have been possible had it not been for Dave coming to the rescue with the tall black bins and pallets to put them on. We are learning! Next time we hope to be better prepared, but the good news was that by the end of the day, we were ready for planting the vines!