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Topsfield, MA

Good morning everyone. I am curious on what your thoughts are with burying your vines with compost. I’ve had a lot of disease pressure in my patch and I don’t want to bury my vines this year with my soil. I was thinking of burying with pro mix but it’s very light and may blow off when I water. Was just wondering any thoughts you may have with burying with compost since it’s a bit heavier. Thank you.

5/1/2025 9:03:02 AM

Syracuse, NY

I'm The Last Vine Burier to speak of it, butt it seems to me for just a thought on it that the roots and whatnot are gonna grow outward and downward into whatever is used for the process and I certainly would inoculate heavily with Mycorrhizae ANY stuff used to bury with because of my perceived 'protection' of the plant and its appendages due to its 'desire' to help a host plant along. You could certainly use the Pro-Mix with Myco atop the vine and supplement atop that with the compost, butt that's more work by default. eg

5/1/2025 9:19:55 AM

Portland, CT

Last year I buried w/ fresh potting soil and got totally nuked by vine rot. I would imagine compost would have had a similar effect.

5/1/2025 9:51:07 AM

Upa Creek, MO

I grow on a quagmire, so that is a huge no for me. The minimal added benefit would not offset the risk for vine rot\disease.

5/1/2025 10:57:32 AM

Western NY

I've done it before, but it has to be good quality. Maybe experiment on one plant and see what happens.

5/1/2025 11:18:39 AM

Mission Viejo, CA

I've buried vines for years and have used Promix as my base (the Red bag) for the past several. I make sure it's good and moist before packing it on the nodes ONLY. Then after about 10-14 days I wash it off once the top node roots are set.
I will say this also- based on what I heard/learned at Green Bay this year, I may not bury vines this year. Keeping the plant healthy has to take 1st priority. I've got bad disease pressure and any type of moisture laying on the vines doesn't help.
My $0.02

5/1/2025 3:27:06 PM

Grittyville, WA

I'd just have faith in your patch soil, but tuck or toss it under the vine to contact the underside nodes, and not worry about the top nodes. In other words, leave the vines unburied. But as Andy said you can try different products/methods and see what works.
Or maybe worm castings?

[Last edit: 05/02/25 1:48:44 PM]

5/2/2025 1:48:14 PM

Grittyville, WA

Would dumping perlite on the node work? I dont think it would all blow away, but some of it might!

5/2/2025 1:50:30 PM

Beaver Dam, WI

I have used compost for the past 2 years with no problem, and improves OM for next year

5/2/2025 2:43:09 PM