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Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Hail like I have never seen before. Plants are in such bad shape that I just turned back and went inside. My 1041 has massive hole not only in the leaves, but in the main vine before and after my pollination from this morning and every other which way you can think of.

Will decide tomorrow if I call it quits. Side vines are snapped too......so might not be worth even trying.

Hope it just hit my patch and not anyne else......Ray

6/26/2009 7:21:04 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Hang in there Ray, it's still only June. Remember last year some animal cleaned Tom's plants bare and he ended up with some very respectable weights. Besides, the crosses you planned are worth growing, good luck.

6/26/2009 7:46:23 PM

Sequim, WA

A hailstorm is not a season ender. You just have to work a little harder for a little while. That plant wants to reproduce and it will. Yeah, it looks pretty dismal right now, but these things can be pretty resilient when it comes to a lot of physical things that nature dishes out. Diseases are another matter, and something you need to be a little more vigilant about now that the plant is damaged. I'm facing the prospect of my patch being sold before the season is over. It looks like this will be my last season for a while, or maybe even part of a season. Keep growing.
Chris

6/26/2009 8:40:09 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

A real downer for sure Ray. Wednesday's heat here scorched many of my vine growing tips. Looks like someone set fire to them. My 1367 Rose was a victim, as the main growing tip was singed before it ever produced a female. Three plants had the main vine growing tips eaten by birds earlier in the year, but it occurred early enough in the season that I was able to allow a secondary to take over where they were bitten.

Growing season are chocked full of things to shit on your parade. Go out and make something of those plants.

6/26/2009 9:55:19 PM

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I'm sorry Ray. We were about a mile from Mark in Milford having dinner & all it did was rain. I'll find out tomorrow if the patch (Woodbridge) got hammered.

Hartford got slammed. A tornado might have touched down. Trees were flying right through some houses.

Joe Pukos, Tom Privatera, etc. You can do it too!

6/27/2009 12:27:32 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Sorry to hear that Ray...if anyone can make them come back...it is you!!

Best of luck!!

Glenn

6/27/2009 12:35:09 AM

Littleton, Colo

Hang in there!!.....if you're gonna call it quits then why not let the plants grow out...learn from this !!....Make this something to learn from !!.....you'll be surprised what they can do...........TRY!!!

6/27/2009 12:49:45 AM

Preston CT

Hang in there Ray. Your plants will make a great comeback...I lost my 1385 stump last year and she grew at a respectable clip...

6/27/2009 5:38:58 AM

Thuringia/Germany

Ray, I remember the pictures of Tom.
He has fought up to the end. You also create this!Fighter
A lot of luck, besides.

6/27/2009 5:58:04 AM

Bethlehem CT

Ray, I too was hit hard. We had over a foot of hail in spots, The ground was white like winter. The hail is still there this morning where the piles were big. I understand your disappointment because I am right there with you. It would be one thing if it were just my leaves, but the vines have half inch holes all through them. I have never seen a storm like it, and I hope I never do again.

6/27/2009 6:02:25 AM

Wallingford,CT

sorry to hear you guys got hit so hard. Remember these plants want to grow. Steve is right about Joe and Tom. If they can do it so can you. Fungicide and fertilizer is the remedy. In 2 weeks you won't recognize them. Take pictures now.

6/27/2009 7:41:34 AM

Southeast

Never give up Ray. You know all the tricks. Use them. Dave

6/27/2009 7:47:54 AM

Pataskala,OH

Are you guys sandbagging it sound like there is hail over the whole northeast? Or is it just a crazy year? How could their still be hail the next morning? Im not trying to offend anyone.

6/27/2009 8:59:10 PM

Pataskala,OH

Never mind I saw hail reports online wow.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html

6/27/2009 9:01:00 PM

Sharon, MA

Ray sounds like some tough luck, but I hope you keep the plants growing. I've seen some amazing comebacks after hail storms. The roots are still there, and they will try to make the plants grow. I got hit with hail today too. Some leave and vine damage, but tomorrow, I'm hoping to head out to the patch and keep the plants going.

6/27/2009 9:49:24 PM

Middleton, WI

Hello Ray, Sorry to hear your plants got damaged. We understand what that feels like. Three years ago, we got hit hard with marble sized hail in Wisconsin. As others said, the plants recovered and we grew the 772.2. We also got hail here in Glastonbury on Friday. Our plants received some holes in the leaves. Best Regards, George & Becky

6/29/2009 3:51:48 PM

Connecticut

Hi Ray-

Sorry for the late reply, but I have been without power recently and your post was down on the list so I missed it.

Remember the plants want to grow, we just help them along.

6/30/2009 9:52:58 PM