- 1). Prepare a hole for your grapevine. Choose a place in full sun, with well-drained soil. Dig the hole about a foot and a half deep and a foot and a half wide. Line the hole with mature compost, and mix about three pounds of compost with the soil from the hole.
- 2). Trim the grapevine back, leaving about three inches of new growth on each vine. This will make the vine easier to handle during transplant and will encourage the grapevine to fill itself out again in the spring. Do not cut into the woody middle stems; new growth will not sprout from these.
- 3). Use a shovel to cut a circle into the ground around the vine, about 18 inches from its base. Push the shovel deep into the soil and lever the handle, working around the circle, to loosen the roots. After you've worked all the way around the root ball, push the shovel down and under the vine, and use the handle as a lever to pop the vine free.
- 4). Lift the vine gently into the wheelbarrow, and take it to the prepared hole. Loosen some of the roots, and trim about three inches from the largest ones. This will encourage rapid root growth. Set the grapevine into the hole so it's standing straight.
- 5). Cover the roots with the compost-and-soil mixture and pack down gently. Mulch around the base of the vine with compost, and water generously, until the soil is moist but not soggy.
- 6). Water again when the soil becomes dry, continuing until the ground freezes.
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