Grapevine Pictures

Well, I finally got a hold of a camera to take some pictures of my grapevines! It took long enough. :) Anyway, feel free to click on pictures to enlarge them.... It kinda helps in seeing them.

This first one is my second year concord grape vine. It started out this spring with only brown hardwood about six inches above the ground. It took a whole first summer to get only a few inches of growth while it was establishing a good root system. This summer so far, it shot up and it's already taller than me.



This next one is one of my first year concords. Like the first one, the first summer seems to be when it gets deep roots which results in little growth above ground. Next summer, it will shoot up though. :)



This next one two more of my first year concord grapes. They are very tiny, but they have all summer to develop a good root system and harden off before winter. Even though they are small, grape vines are hardy. My second year concord survived its first winter with the winter of 2010.... the winter with the worst February on record for Pennsylvania! I'm sure these little guys will do just fine.



The next is the two nodes on the second year grapevine that I left to grow and produce fruit next summer.



Here's a closeup on one of the growing nodes. It's growing pretty fast. I pinched off the top of the grapevine to allow these nodes to grow only a week ago, and they are already about a centimeter long. That's pretty long for new growth in such a short time.