Pruning complete! Spring cleaning and vine growth at Dulcius

Spring at Dulcius is about watching wooly grape buds transform into bright green leaves and cleaning up the big mess we made by pruning. Also, Austin and Kyaw Naing have discovered a new, absolutely gorgeous, electric pink variety of Captivator grape. Austin has made several cuttings of this grape to start new plants. 

Each one of these canes (sticks) was pruned by hand. This is only a mere fraction of what we need to clean up!

On April 26, Marquettes were beyond wooly bud stage (E-L # 3 for all you grape nerds out there!) and had burst out 4-5 tender green leaves on each shoot (E-L # 11-12). 

A sneak peek! Behold the Pink Captivator! 

Marquette: before and after pruning

This (almost) 3-year old Marquette vine was pruned in unseasonably warm February weather. Last year, the vine was not permitted to fruit so all of its energy went into creating more vine. This year (2017) we will let this vine make fruit for the first year!