Ken,

By mid July you'll be looking back and saying why was I even worried
when your using a machette to control your vines. I don't even give
the vines a second look when I see cane girdler damage. Don't worry
about it.


Bob

"Ken Anderson" > wrote in message >...
> "MikeMTM" > wrote in message
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > On a young vine the damage done by grape cane girdlers is alarming, but
> > I've never had a vine succumb. Just snap off the egg carrying portion,
> > down to the lowermost girdle, and burn or otherwise destroy. The vines
> > will pop axial buds from the next one or two node. After a few weeks,
> > when the danger of further girdling is past, you can remove the lower
> > sprouts and leave the uppermost as a leader. There's every likelihood
> > that you'll get to the wire.
> >
> >
> My vineyard is small enough to where I can do as you suggest. I'm hoping that
> by removing what eggs I can find, I might actually be able to have an impact
> on next year's population. But that might just be wishful thinking.
> Ken