Wine Grape Update

Here is a quick update on the wine grape scenario

The cuttings have been in the greenhouse for a while and the buds in fact came out prior to the roots.  Here is a great picture of the adventitious roots.  Now ordinarily, you shouldn't do this because you are damaging the root system.  But I have plenty of them so I yanked one out and got a picture for you.

The other thing you need to look out for with wine grape cuttings as well as many is that as I mentioned before the flowers come on the second year wood. You should at some point pinch off the flowers because you don't want the grape the spend energy trying to produce fruit the first year.  

Always at your service,

Your Horticulturist