Re: hail, wind

Amy,
The portions of my vines that were not covered at the time, had very large
holes and basically, were totally shredded. A new vine started to grow out
from where each one had broken off. I found at that time the AG is such an
amazing plant!  

I think I would spray your vines with lots of fungicide, let them heal over a
bit and then bury them.  I did not have a problem with any rotting, all the
vines healed over very nicely.

Incidentally, the storm the blew through was said to be a micro burst. We had
80+ MPH winds and 1 inch hail. I lost a lot of trees and our house was
damaged. The patch did not stand a chance, it was just too much.  I was going
to till it up the next day, but I received so much support from other growers
on this list, I decided to stay with it and I am so happy I did.
Best of luck the rest of the way!
Joe P.




Thanks Joe for the info, advice and encouragement! I read the article and
great job!
I have a technical question, did your vines have fairly large holes from the
hail? I'm really not sure whether I should go ahead and bury the vine or not.
Will the vine start to rot there or will the edges just heal and there will
be a hole there that won't cause problems. I did a little patch and graft on
the Cilibertos, the holes on them were looking a little mushy so I freshened
the edges and patched them with pieces of vine from another plant, pasted
over with captan and when that dries I'm planning on sealing them with wax.
Thanks again Joe and everybody, good luck!
Amy
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