Grape vine and grasshoppers (forum)

Mark starts with ...
I have planted a Cardinal Grapevine last August in time for the spring growth. However, the grasshoppers chewed every leaf back to bare wood. I have lost a whole seasons growth. The most important season that is the first growth spurt. The same thing happened this spring. The chewers started again. So I built a frame/tunnel and covered with mosquito netting. Although this has stopped the grasshoppers, I have lost the first growth flush. I was hoping to develop the main arching frame of the vine. But this second year, the vine is only growing slowly. Should I rip it out and start again next August with a new fresh grape vine with the netting for protection. It appears that a grape vine has tremendous growth in that first year but very limited growth in the second.

Secondly, what do other people use to stop those chewing grasshoppers. I tried garlic and powerded milk sprays but to no avail. They just chewed right through this.

Time: 13th December 2009 4:07pm

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Itdepends says...
If it's already growing this year- it should do better next year than a freshly planted vine- as long as it's protected from the hoppers.

Can't help you with those I'm afraid- don't get many around here.

Daniel

Time: 15th December 2009 11:21pm

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Jantina says...
Mark we have some grapevines that got hammered by the rabbits two years running until we managed to eradicate them and put up a rabbit proof fence. I thought the vines were dead, some were just little stubs, but the next year off they went and grew amazingly and fruited the following (last) year. And then the possums found them (sigh) but that's another story. So don't give up, keep watering.

Time: 16th December 2009 6:51am

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Wayne says...
I have had limited success with hot chilli spray, I was told to boil some birdseye chillis but ended up using hot chilli powder from an Asian store.

I soaked it overnight then strained it. This stuff is extremely hot so make sure you wear gloves when handling it.

It could be worth a try.

Time: 16th December 2009 7:51am

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Itdepends says...
I remember sucking up a heap of dried chillies that were mixed in with odds and sodds of pruning one year. The whole lot went through the blades on the weed blower (set to suck) and the chilli powder came out through the bag. Standing in a cloud of that stuff- eyes running, sneezing your head off- not fun (unless you're my wife standing inside looking out through the window- she found it hilarious- they were her chillies).

Time: 16th December 2009 6:00pm

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amanda says...
I grow loads of Rocket (more by accient than anything) NOTHING eats it!? Even the aphids won't touch it. I was wondering if anyone has tried using it at part of a homemade spray at all?

Time: 17th December 2009 9:56am

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