muscadines not bleeding

[garymc]

I've been pruning muscadines the last few days. I'm noticing some of them are not bleeding. I'm seeing green in the cut ends. I don't recall seeing them not bleed before. This has been the coldest winter in Southeast Missouri in decades. I'm wondering if other muscadine growers have seen this this year or in previous years.

 

[grapeman]

Is it warm enough for the vascular system to work yet there? If not they won't bleed at least until it warms up.

 

[garymc]

It was in the 50's the day I was pruning. But less than a week after an ice and snow storm where temperatures were in the teens.