Re: Wilt after burying vines
John,
It's common to have young leaves wilting when you trench. This is because
the new leaves are closer to the ground and they get heat stress easier.
Think about it, you are putting the leaf 3 to 4" closer to the hot soil and
if you mound the soil the new leaf would be 3 to 4" higher and wouldn't
suffer the heat stress. I would suggest misting the new tips or using
shade cloth over the new growth. The leaves will grow over the next few
days and sprout tap roots and transport water to help keep it cool.
Jon
At 08:25 PM 6/17/00 EDT, you wrote:
>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
>
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