We had to consider how we would replant the vines when the trellis wire was already in place. Looking on the internet, my husband found videos of people using a mini-track steer with an auger to dig holes. Here are the blogposts I wrote in 2016 when we were anticipating our 6,000 vines.
- April 21, 2016 Trepanning with the Dingo
- May 13, 2016 Preparing the Staging Area for Planting
- May 14, 2016 More Planting Preparations
- May 15, 2016 Planting Day 1
- May 19, 2016 6 Days 30 People 4200 Vines
We had a bit more work to do on Sunday, two half rows of Auxerrois. After that got done our friends also helped us to take the dead vines from the Cabernet Sauvignon (5 dead), Cabernet Franc (2 dead) and Barbera (3 dead) and replant those dead vines with vines from our nursery.
We managed to plant approximately 600 vines of Barbera and Auxerrois in those two days.
With the exception of half a row of Auxerrois, our vineyard is back to the original planting of 6800 vines. In the process of replanting the vineyard, we decreased the amount of Chardonnay rows and planted test rows of Cabernet Sauvignon ENTAV clone 412, Cabernet Franc ENTAV clones 214 and 327 and Barbera. It appears to us that the Cabernet Franc really loves the site. Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc are both at this growth phase of 4-5 leaves separated (Eichhorn Lorenz stages 11-12) right now.
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