Help! Weird grape problems in Ecuador.

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  1. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Hi folks. I come to you today with something I've never seen a grapevine do before - it's like it's rusting completely away; the fruit is withering on the vine shortly before it reaches optimal ripeness. This is a friend's vine, and she asked me for help because Canada is a grape-growing country and she assumed I'd have some knowledge of it. Apparently when it's healthy it produces sweet table grapes. The vine is somewhere in the neigbourhood of 50-60 years old; it was planted by my friend's dad who recently passed on, and she'd like for it to survive.

    I'm clueless - I've only ever grown Concords, and that was in a very different climate. Hence the pleas for help!
     

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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Maybe not so unlikely as you think. We have serious leafhopper populations here, and the symptoms certainly match.

    Hmmmm. More research for me!
     

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