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San Luis Obispo Ca

I have many dead, half dead leaves on my AG. Is it best to cut then off at the vine or what? Puzzled in Cheese?

8/22/2003 11:59:30 AM

Nova Scotia

depends. are they just old leaves by your stump (you can just leave them) or are they deseised or infested then remove.

8/22/2003 12:13:31 PM

Montoursville, PA

Weigh in the compression you may create with foot traffic in the patch not to mention a mis-step onto a vine. I always go to the least foot traffic possible unless there is a serious reason to go in.

8/22/2003 12:18:28 PM

Nova Scotia

good point docgipe

8/22/2003 12:55:47 PM

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While on the Spy Tour yesterday we noted that at least one grower had actually hired a man just to clip damaged leaves.
I say get them out of there. The best patches we saw were not coincidentally the cleanest.

8/22/2003 5:25:06 PM

Chester Co., PA

I like to clean the dead ones out to improve the light and air-flow which is important for mildew control. Sometimes if a leaf is only 1/2 dead I trim it with scissors and leave the remaining living part.

8/22/2003 5:52:19 PM

Montoursville, PA

Mother lets the dead decompose where they fall.

8/23/2003 12:19:56 AM