Spring is in full swing here. The vines are in fast growth right now. The two new vines are shooting up very fast for a first year vine. I had to put up some chicken wire around the vines after I saw a few leaves gone from rabbits on the seedless concord. It recovered fine and is growing very fast. I wouldn't be surprised to see both of the new vines hit the top wire in a few weeks.
The 3 year old "concord" vine is doing well. The spring has been very rainy with very few sunny days. For this reason, I've been looking out for mildew on the leaves, but there doesn't appear to be any so far. Several of the canes are a few feet long, while others are not even a foot long yet. This is very strange; it only seems to be occurring on the skinnier of the two canes that were left for this year. However, there are three clusters growing at each node. I already picked off the third cluster from each, and I am wondering if I should pick off more. I may pick off all but one cluster for the small shoots and leave two clusters on the larger shoots.
