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Fairport,NY

So when 60 mph wind gust blow thru the patch and bend almost every fully developed leaf stalk on the 9ft mainvine to the ground is that a bad thing?
What do you do just cut them off where they bend to prevent them from acting like a sail and ripping the vines from the ground entirely?
Very Frustrated at the moment!!!!
aghhhhh!!!

6/5/2010 3:22:24 PM

Western PA

I read in a book called "Back Yard Giants" that Jutras had that happen to him one year. He went and bought a mess of bamboo stakes, and staked up every one. I don't know what the outcome was. Maybe one of the mafia boys will chime in and say.

Good luck.

6/5/2010 6:09:15 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

I've been doing that and it doer help. Also conservation fence. Thats all I know what to do.

6/5/2010 6:39:32 PM

Joliet, IL

these main vine leaves are there to get the plant going and are the energy sources. at 9' i would think to leave them on the plant flattened out and let them rebound on there own. they will still produce energy for the rest of the plant unless completely snapped off. whatever energy they can provide to help the plant recover will be needed. leave them on for a week or so and let the secondary leaves and new main leaves get the energy from the busted leaves. then after aweek or so inspect closesly the leaf stalk bases to see which ones are split too bad and may lead to rot right up agains the main vine at the base of the leaf stalk. ones with splits will collect and hold water and in my opinoion should be cut clean to the main to avoid the water pooling against the main in the stalk base. the leaves with just bent stalks and no splits with collecting water, leave them on until they look they might be dying or rotting at the folded areas and most likly have water pooling in them along the main and then removed when needed. after removing any leaf along the main allow the area to dry and apply captan or sulfur powder fungicides. bent leaves on secondaries i treat the same way. in the long run in a 500 or so sq ft patch, this is just a minor set back and you will have plenty of leaves. and the oldest leaves along the main are the first to stop producing and get weathered and will get wacked eventual anyways. i had 7 leaves snap almost all the way off in the same storm system along my mains and it was a no decison just to remove them completely today based on the severity of the snaps and also cuz i have a lot of secondary leaves already on my plants and plenty of energy providers to compensate loosing just the 3 leaves on one plant and 4 on the other. i heard a kelp seaweed spray after damage helps in the recovery process too. best of luck and chin high and fight the good fight.

6/5/2010 6:53:25 PM

Buffalo, New York

Sorry Man, Mother Nature SUCKS......Live and Learn.
We are having 35 mph gusts today.........

6/6/2010 10:11:35 AM

Las Cruces NM

Agree with Jeremy! Gust to 60MPH are really common here, particularly in the spring. Lost half my plants to wind this year -- I say the plants I hav left are wind tolerent now LOL. But we are somewhat past that the windy season. Jun is somewhat good month, but we are averaging 100+ temps so far. All said, if growing AGs were easy, it wouldn't be much of a chalange now would it? What is the fun in that?

6/6/2010 8:03:04 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Sorry to hear that. Wind has damaged a lot of our leaves as well. We'll leave them on until they become a problem or start to die off. Good luck.

Jane & Phil

6/9/2010 9:42:03 AM