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That’s what I’m thinking too.

Thanks for your input. I haven’t sprayed any antifungals. I’ve looked up phomopsis and tomorrow will have a closer inspection for some of the symptoms that are listed for it. We definitely had a cooler and wetter spring this year.

Anyone know what this might be? The leaves mid plant went yellow and eventually dried up but the top of the plant looks fine. Mostly I’m concerned about the necropathy of the shoot which has gone all blotchy.

Moles, voles and field mice. Armed to the teeth.

That made me laugh.

Thanks for everyone's input. Much appreciated.

Actually I'm quite sure now that it's boron toxicity. We r planted on glacial till that is devoid of boron. We used boron in planting, essentially guessing at how much to use. Now I know, less is more.

Could it be herbicide in the soil? We've been on this site for six years and never used any herbicide, never, none, naught.

This is one of the books

This is a bit of a stretch but u could check the videos on YouTube of Simonit&Sirch. The videos r in Italian but u may be able follow what he is doing visually. Their pruning method is based on maintaining sap flow and not making cuts that, as they dry out, interfere with the flow of the...

How about no poisons in your vineyard? Roundup will seep into ur water table, into your well, into those of your neighbours, into rivers and streams. Instead lay down a thick layer of mulch, straw or wood chips to smother weeds, but do it early before weeds become established after winter...

Very nice! Now a bit of sun would also be nice.

But I have bought vines from Cloudmountain. We bought a lot Pinot noir precoce vines. This year we are really struggling with Grape Leaf blister mite that seems to have come from the nursery. I'm not happy.

We got our Regent from a Canadian grapevine nursery grafted on SO4