WI growers...storm damage?
Hi list....
Whats the damage report from all the Wisconsin growers??? HOly cow, the
storms came through like a freight train here. There are leaves and side
vines snapped off everywhere on the plants in the main patch, the 825 shy,
876.5 lloyd, and 788 Wentzell. The 825 shymanski got it the worse. Most of
the tall leaves were snapped and some of the side vines that did not fall
over yet were snapped too. The 788 Wentzell's tall leaves were broken off
too, they were some nice leaves. The 876.5 Seemed to get through with the
least amount of damage. There are holes in the leaves from hail on every
plant, but there is no visible damage to the main vine on any plant, which
is good.
The new patch seems to be ok too. The 616 corkum and 655 Johnson got through
the storms with just some holes in the leaves.....same with the 772
creuziger. I thought the 616 would have been worst hit, seems most
vulnerable, but it was the least affected. The 535 Lloyd had a accident
though. When i took off the cold frames, i just lifted them up and set them
to the side of the plants, well the one next to the 535 (was about 3-4 feet
away) was blown back on top of the 535 and forced the main vine, that was
just about to vine, to fall to the ground. Amazingly i could not find any
kinks or tears in the main vine and seems to be ok. The 535's biggest leaf
was snapped off also, and some holes in the leaves. My 762 plant had a leaf
snapped right off and the main vine was uprooted(it had some taproots in the
ground already), but it seems fine. Other than that, i think the main patch
the holds the trifecta (825, 876.5, and 788) was underwater for a short
period of time....plenty of water! The new patch is showing it's not to well
soaking water in ability and there is a huge puddle in the NW corner of the
patch. no pumpkins are there, the 616 is in the NE corner.
that was some crazy weather. We have a pine tree that was uprooted and fell
onto our satallite dish, so now we don't have cable at the moment. We were
actually under a tornado warning last night, but the heavier damage was done
to just to our north west, about 10-12 miles or so away...THank GOODnesS!!
There are trees down and telephone poles snapped in half in that area
(Plover, WI).
Casey Neuville
Amherst Jct., WI
personal best-"Iris"~762lbs in 2000
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