The vine waking up after winter

Period: March-May

March. Tears in the vine, or apiary, is the natural state of vines in spring, marking its awakening after winter and the transition from a passive state to an active one. The tears of the vine begin with the heating of the soil at a depth of 25 cm above 10°C. The vine feeds, draws water and the juice rises from the root system along the trunk to the tips of the shoots, where wounds have formed after winter pruning. The vine is awakening.

In late March-early April, the brownish scales of the buds open in the rays of the warm caressing sun and tiny leaves appear.

In early April, the first leaves appear. Each bud will ‘give birth’ to a shoot. The vine develops very quickly. Spring is the very period when the expression ‘grows by leaps and bounds’ is true to life.

By the end of May, grape inflorescences are formed. This is a moment for a miracle – the birth of a berry, a future harvest. Cultivated grapes (vitis vinifera) have small, bisexual, greenish flowers collected in a loose or dense panicle.