We’ve had really wet and cool weather this spring which really helped what I believe is phomopsis, when it was wet it was like a black mold. I wanted to spray lime sulfur before the buds swelled up, but I had a sore back and it seemed to rain every day. So, I sprayed mancozeb, captan and tebuconazole to try and control it over the last couple days. Today I went thru every vine and cut out any dead wood and any live areas that had a lot of black on it. I think it’s going to be a rough summer. I don’t know of any way to kill phomopsis during the season.
Otherwise the vines look great this year so far.
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Otherwise the vines look great this year so far.
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