Growth Stages of Grapevines

00 - 89 : BBCH scale
01 - 38 : Eichhorn & Lorenz code
A - J : Baggiolini scale

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00 - Bud scales closed 01 - Winter dormancy A - Winter bud	05 - Wool stage 03 - Wool stage B - Wool stage	07 - Beginning of bud burst 05 - Bud burst C - Green shoot	09 - Green tips visible 05 - Bud burst C - Green shoot
11 - First leaf unfolded 07 - First leaf unfolded D - Leaf emergence	13 - 3 leaves unfolded 09 - 2 to 3 leaves unfolded E - 2 to 3 leaves unfolded	53 - Inflorescences visible 12 - Inflorescences visible F - Inflorescences visible	55 - Inflorescences swelling 15 - Inflorescences swelling G - Inflorescences separated
57 - Inflorescences fully developed 17 - Infloescences fully developed H - Flowers separated	60 - First flowerhoods detached 19 - Beginning of flowering	65 - Full flowering 23 - Full flowering I - Flowering	68 - 80% of flowerhoods fallen 25 - Late flowering
69 - End of flowering 27 - Fruit set J - Fruit set	73 - Berries lead-shot size (3 mm) 29 - Berries lead-shot (3 mm)	75 Berries pea-sized 31 - Berries pea-sized	77 - Beginning of berry touch 33 - Beginning of berry touch
79 - Berry touch Berry touch	81 - Beginning of ripening 35 - Beginning of ripening	85 - Softening of berries Ripening II	89 - Berries ripe for harvest 38 - Berries ripe for harvest

Photo credits to Novartis Crop Protection, Canada

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