Search results

It won't be too long now.

No not black rot. It looks like it could be damage from feeding small insects, not sure which ones but black rot spots would be on the upper leaf and be larger and brown, not black.

Send me a PM, I have a potential buyer for you who is a good fit for this press.

Looking at the backside of the leaves I am pretty certain it is downy mildew. If it was fusarium wilt, the tips would be wilted first. Here is a link to downy in basil and it looks pretty much like your pictures. https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-2014-basil-downy-mildew/

I believe it is Downy Mildew. Look at the underside of the leaves if you can find them. There will be many spore bodies on the underside. It is a fairly new disease to basil although it has affected many vegetables for many years. Do a search on it and you may find a treatment for it but I...

Ibglowin has used George's grapes so he can probably answer your concerns pretty well.

It looks similar to ladybug egg masses but they seem darker. I think I would worry more about the bad case of mildew the leaf has. Set this one aside and see what hatches take a picture and we may ID it from that.

You are looking great Greg.

I know in NY as a farm winery you have to use only NY grown grapes in the wine. You would also have to buy NY produced shiners that were made from NY grapes. Some states that don't have as many grapes grown have a much more lax attitude and allow product from another state. Take for instance a...

Both 2,4-D and dicamba are very bad for grapes. Pretty weed free lawns don't co-exist well with grapes because of this. If you keep a good thick grass lawn it will help keep the weeds out and just realize you may have to allow a few weeds to grow to be able to keep the grapes.

I am with Balatonwine on this one. To add to what he said you have no idea what the vines are and as such if they are susceptible to phylloxera. If they were vinifera and grafted you very likely will have a hard time getting the correct planting height to have the rootstock take root and not the...

Vines are resilient and can adapt to their situations. You may find that the shoots will form plenty of summer laterals with fresh leaves on them and unless those get infested, they can ripen the crop. Good luck with them.

Frontenac is fairly susceptible to the aerial phylloxera and LaCrescent is even more so. Hybrids are resistant to the pest but definitely not immune. It is considered more of an aesthetic problem but I have seen some that get so covered that it affects photosynthesis and ripening. There are...

You need adequate water to provide thorough coverage of the vines and then use the amount of fungicide per acre in that amount. It is highly dependent on the type of sprayer used. I assume you are using a backpack sprayer since you list 2 gallons. I highly doubt that you will use 150 spray...

This also could be phompopsis which can be controlled with mancozeb products also. If anthracnose you will see sunken lesions which generally have a target or eye pattern to them. This looks more like phomopsis. if they all have this then the chances of a good harvest aren't good. You certainly...

May he now rest in peace and may you come to peace with his passing.

Pat Marquette shoots like most varieties do grow upright for a bit but as they gain length and weight naturally fall downward. It is fairly easy to comb the shoots but you need to wait until they are two to three feet long. That said they can be trained VSP without great difficulty and you can...

You are better of to use a finer nozzle which puts out less water. It will stay on the leaf better (or whatever else). When it is totally saturated and running off, the spray is diluted a lot and a lot ends up on the ground. Most cheap handheld sprayers allow you to adjust the output spray but...

So sorry for your loss John. Knowing how you are, he must have been a heck of a man. Maybe, just maybe I am saying... he enjoyed drinking some good ole Welch's Wine!

Thank all you for sharing in this discussion. I like to see exchanges like this. I could just give you my opinion but that too often ends a conversation so I am just monitoring it to see everyone help out. Good job guys and keep it up.