Tim Canniff wrote: > > Hi All....I have a number of plants going "at the farm" ...and > unfortunately have experienced some "bad" wind damage with some of the > main vines splitting near the stump. Also a number of vines vines have > split as well - but I was curious if there would be any potential for > success in a plant thats main vine has split??? but since..has > healed... > > A number of these plants still continue to grow well and even are > starting to "throw/produce" fruit... > > I was mainly looking for good and/or bad comments....success or failures > regarding this issue... > > I have cut a couple of these plants back to the point of the split...and > am getting a few much smaller vines....but after this there is not much > of a plant left...I thought it may be better to go with the split vine > and see what happens.. > > Thanks for any comments... > > Somewhat depressed by this...Tim...Florida.. I too had a few vines split last year. I sprayed the split area thoroughly with insecticide and fungicide and buried it with dirt. The split did not seem to have an adverse effect.