Buds Pushing.

There is a definite whiff of spring in the air. The birds are chirping, the first bees are on the wing, they surely know things are looking up.

But what they don't know is that the grapevines in the polytunnel are pushing out buds. Safely cocooned in a warm sheltered environment some them are already waking up.

This is Oberlin 595 clearly showing buds in the "wool" stage, the point between buds swelling and the first green showing.

And these are Solaris, only a little behind the Oberlin 595 but not by much.

What is noticeable is that all these cuttings seem to be pushing buds evenly increasing the chances of a good number of them rooting.