Planting problems

Unfortunately the torrential rain the night before planting meant that the ground was rather waterlogged and the trench made by the planting machine did not close properly around the roots of many of the vines. So we had to heel many of them in firmly and for the rest we used the 5-ton Manitou to press the soil down around the roots. We also used the Manitou with a 1000-litre tank to water them in.