Re: cut back passiflora and dalechampia ?

When we had a similar issue, we pulled the vines off the walls and laid them back on the ground. Both survived (passiflora and native grape). This is a better time of year to do it than spring when we did.
You can do some judicious pruning when you put it back up.

Jane
Santa Barbara


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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