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Brown spots of grape vines?

jnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1FjnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1F Posts: 3
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Hey I am growing grape vines but they keep getting brown spots - I don't want to spray with the copper as I have two small pets and an even smaller balcony so nervous about the particles. Any advice for natural methods? Thanks
-Jasmine
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hi Jasmine and welcome to the forum 😊
    If you only have a small balcony where are you growing the vines?
    which varieties do you have?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hello Jasmine
    Could be odium - damp.  Where are you as my grapevines down here in South of France have hardly got buds on yet?  
    For odium, I dust sulphur powder onto the leaves - handful of sulphur powder and it's just a flick of the wrist.
    Good luck!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Could the brown spots be scale insects Jasmine? 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • jnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1FjnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1F Posts: 3
    No sign of insects I think the odium damp might be the culprit. I am growing them indoors in the Netherlands. I shall try the sulphur trick thank you!

    @jasminethegardener
  • jnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1FjnihmeyvasdiUE4JhW1F Posts: 3
    I have two in pots, they were a gift from a friend who was moving so unsure of the variety, they are still very young and have not fruited yet :) 
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