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Friday, July 10, 2015

Annual Cycle of Grapevine Growth: Bloom

In early June, I blogged about Annual Cycle of Grapevine Growth in Our Vineyard: Fill in the Blanks and referenced Ed Hellman's annual cycle of grapevine growth as it relates to sites in Oregon. I'm now updating the timeline to include bloom in our vineyard in Southeastern Connecticut.
I blogged about the period of bloom, in The Sight of One Flower Blooming because this year, bloom seemed to happen all at once, on June 22nd. I was a little concerned about the time of bloom because we had a rain event on June 21st that might affect the pollination of the grape flowers.
Time has passed and we are seeing the results of self pollination in the vineyard. These two photos were taken on July 5th and July 6th. The grapes are at the peppercorn stage according to the Eichhorn Lorenz System:

References:
1. 1. Nick K. Dokoozlian, Grape Berry Growth and Development.
2. Eichhorn Lorenz System

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