This is the time of the year that you can literally watch grape vines
grow. I went out first thing on Friday morning and checked out some
vines and marked their progress. I came back at the end of the day to
that same vine and it had grown 3.0 centimeters.
The tips had progressed towards their never
ending goal of touching the sun (or at least trying to do so) and a few
other shoots had done their best at getting “caught-up” with the
neighboring vines. This growth (as well as being totally impressive) is
critical towards the vines goal of ripening a seed. The
vine needs enough leaf surface area to effectively and efficiently
participate in photosynthesis. Without this grand period of growth, the
vine may be short leafed, which is the equivalent of not having enough energy to evenly ripen the fruit.
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