Re: Wilting
Stewart I think shade cloth works well , I also use misting and it works great
the misters I have put out 5 gal. an hour so you can leave them on and they
cool things off...............I have lost many a vine tip so especially shade
them............depending on your soil type , if its sandy water more
frequently as Barb suggested........good luck......brock
Stewart Deans wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> We have just had our first hot weather with a couple of days around the ton.
> On my morning inspection the vine it was fine but in the afternoon a number
> of leaves had been damaged (so quickly). On one leaf the outer inch right
> around was completely devoid of moisture and other new leaves had similar
> damage to a lesser extent. I had this last year and put it down to mites.
> I had not fertilised in a week so could not find any other cause, only seems
> to happen to relatively young leaves. I sprayed for mites and have not had
> any further damage.
>
> Many leaves are suffering from heat stress and sprinkling does not help
> enough. I therefore erected a shade cloth over parts of the vine and the
> leaves look a lot better. Do other growers use any sun protection for the
> vine in extreme hot conditions?
>
> Stewart
> Canberra Aust
> the nation's capital
> sdeans@pcug.org.au
>
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