Re: Wilt after burying vines
>Group,
>Rally round and help. Here is my plight.
>My plants are well along, 8 and 14 feet respectively, with the normal 18 to
>24 inch leaves. They went through our recent heat wave, up to 109 degrees,
>without a drooping leaf.
>So, this week I started to bury vines. I made sure the ground was cool and
>wet. But now the newer leaves are getting droopy, as if they were surviving a
>hot afternoon. But it has not been above 85, and everything is watered well.
>The old leaves further back on the plant are fine.
>I noticed this last year later in the year, around late July and early August
>when I was burying so many feet of vines each day that I did not get good wet
>dirt on and around them. So I thought maybe the new dry ground heat did the
>wilting. Now it looks like that is possibly not the case.
>Any thoughts?
>
>John in San Jose
>
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Big J in San Jose,
Glenn might be right might be disturbing roots.......................might
be powdery mildew........wet then heat set it off big time......hell that
last heat wave nailed me ......found one big plant
down....GOPHER..............another maggots in the root
system.................you need a stout crew.....as you could be going in
harms way!!........................good luck.....MB
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