The following pictures show the cuttings that we received just
after we had planted them and as they grew for the first few weeks and months in
our vineyard.
The first picture shows the cutting just after we planted it.
The picture shows the scale of the cutting to the area of planting.
The second picture gets closer to the cutting. At this stage,
in early May, all that shows on the cutting is a single bud.
One week after planting, the bud has started to open up.
Nothing else has appeared to happen although we hope that the roots have
started to become better established.
Three weeks after planting, some of the cuttings have
started to grow more vigorously. At this point, the plant has grown to be
about three or four inches high.
There is a significant difference between the growth of
the cutting (above) and the growth of the one-year old vines. Both started
at about the same height but the one-year old is growing much more
vigorously.
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