Re: cut back passiflora and dalechampia ?

Nan,
You have a hard decision.   I am not familiar either with termite gas (Vikane = methyl bromide?) or dalechampia. However, I have had several Passiflora speicies that were appareently killed in a frost, but which came back from the roots.  The entire above-ground portion was killed.  They started to resprout about 4-5 months after the frost, so don't give up hope too soon.  I had another variety, which did not come back from the frost.  Good luck.  Tenting is the right decision for the house. Beware of re-entering too soon after tenting. 

Richard Starkeson
San Francisco

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On 12/3/2002 at 11:08 PM Nan Sterman wrote:

>Its about to happen.  The termite tenters arrive Friday morning and 
>almost everything is cut away from the house at least 18".  I have 
>two plants that are potential problems, however and I am looking for 
>input.  I have heard that passiflora and dalechampia vines respond 
>poorly to being cut back.  However, the only chance I have to save 
>them from the deadly gas is to cut them back to teh ground.  What do 
>you think, folks?  Vikane is absorbed both through roots and through 
>leaves so the termite tenters reccommend saturating the soil around 
>the house before they tent to fill any air pockets.  That will 
>protect roots but nothing protects leaves.
>
>To cut back or not to cut back, that is tonight's question!
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