Re: Wilt after burying vines
>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...
>....Glenn might be right might be disturbing roots ...
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Interesting question, interesting observations. I am trenching ahead of the
vines for the first time this year, and I'm seeing a little of that
drooping. Not bad, but with all the rain, the soil here has been quite
moist. In the past I heaped soil/compost up over the vines and never
noticed any drooping whatsoever. Does, as Glenn suggested, the trenching
disturb existing roots? Or is the new rooting activity so aggressive it
just competes with the leaves and detracts from the leaf vigor for a bit?
i.e., is the rooting at that point such a strong nutrient sink, while the
new leaves are also a sink, that the nutrient sources can't keep up and
supply both sinks just yet??
I still love the trenching idea. Once they're buried they stay buried, plus
I believe the rooting is more effective that way. Even if the double sink
idea is accurate, I believe trenching will pay off later. (But check back
on September 30 and/or October 7 to see if I'm right!)
Beth
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