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Sunday, June 13, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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dodged many a big storm this weekend and that is cool for a change. i noticed over the weekend that some of the vines that were covered a little more than others at junctions were browning out a bit and slightly changing color. no rot or disease, just a staining that left me uncomfortable. i uncovered the more buried section enough to just barely cover the tap roots that have emerged out of the tops of the vines. this continual rain and humidity and wet soil has made me hold off on even covering the secondaries at leaf junctions for the time being. the myco is still added and the junctions will be covered at some point to encourage the above taps above, but for right now i just make sure all the taps on secondaries have enough soil under them for the under taps to take hold. the possibilities of rotting vines from continual rains and wet soil is there. the patch hasn't had a chance to dry out completely in well over 10 days. the plants look great and this jet pattern is supposed to buckle wednesday and dry things out. at that point i will go back and bury the tops of vines at leaf junctions only. due to this wet humid conditions and downy mildew and powdery showing up in the midwest on gardening message boards, i stihl fogged some daconil and talstar one combined with a little fulvic acid tonight. next week it will be the eagle/demand cs mix and rotate these combos of insecticides and fungicides every week. complete weeding and hoeing needs to be addressed as soon as the patch dries out. i have used the walking boards and have got most larger weeds in check so as not to mess with root systems if i let them get to big and hand weed. but many smaller weeds have also loved the rain and these will be dealt with soon enough with the hoe and the hand.
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