A good 3/4 of my 2nd year vinifera have been damaged by cane girdlers. Really
sucks because it's an obvious setback to see a thriving cane get cut back.
Anyone have any experience with this situation? Can I still expect these
canes to easily reach a 54 inch wire this season, and then some? I do see
that the node, below where I snipped off the damage, is thriving.
Ken

Ken Anderson wrote:

> A good 3/4 of my 2nd year vinifera have been damaged by cane girdlers. Really
> sucks because it's an obvious setback to see a thriving cane get cut back.
> Anyone have any experience with this situation? Can I still expect these
> canes to easily reach a 54 inch wire this season, and then some? I do see
> that the node, below where I snipped off the damage, is thriving.
> Ken
>
>
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.

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Mike MTM, Cokesbury, New Jersey, USA

"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

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