The short video above was captured at the NMSU viticulture vineyard at Fabian Garcia Agriculture Science Center in Las Cruces. In this time lapse video you can see the buds on Sangiovese (our earliest budding cultivar at Las Cruces). It was captured with a camera that takes photos about on a 24 hour cycle. Of course, right now the same vines are almost ready to bloom.
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Photograph of Malbec at approximately the Modified E-L stage 15 or 16: 8-10 leaves separated, shoot elongating rapidly, single flowers in compact groups. Notice that the flowers are not yet open....I have had experienced grape growers tell me their vines had "set fruit" after seeing these unopened flower buds. But they were mistaken. What they saw, what is visible in this photo... are just...unopened flower buds. It will take some more time for them to open, shed pollen (anthesis), and then effect fertilization of the flower to form a nascent grape berry. |
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