Rootstock Options.

The scion or variety bud on one of the grafted vines has died. There is no sign of buds breaking at all. Yet the plant itself is far from dead, this shoot has grown from the rootstock.

So I now have four options:

1. Discard the plant. To me this flies in the face of logic.

2. Leave the rootstock to grow where it is and attempt grafting when the wood is thick enough.

3. Transplant it outside in the autumn so grafting can be attempted with an outdoor variety. This has the advantage of freeing up polytunnel space for a new plant.

4. Grow the rootstock to provide cuttings so eventually many more vines can be grown as grafted vines.

There is still plenty of time to decide, especially as I now have a rootstock to play around with.