Virginia Creeper

[sage]

Is anyones virginia creeper having a hard time this year?  I've lived here for 17 years and never has my creeper had any problems.  The leaves this year on all of mine front and back yard looks like it got some kind of disease.  The leaves got spotted and then died so I ripped it off the trees today.  I always look so forward to seeing it turn that pretty shade of red in the fall.  Not this year though. Darn it....

[Horse Apples]

Sage,
Ours did the same thing.  I've never seen it before and it has taken over the majority of the leaves with only a section on each end that is free.  Our neighbor is complaining of similar spotting and dieing in his tomato plants.  I've been working late hours the last 3 weeks and only saw them in the daylight a couple of days ago.  What a shock.

[sage]

I just have to say this is when I really miss the nursery up here.  I could of gone in there with a leaf and Leona could of told me what to do .  Its to hard to get to Phelan to talk with Sharon now too.  She is awesome and would probably been alot of help.  One of my wishes for this great town is to have our nursery back!!!

[lostkiwi]

Could it be any of these?

http://www.yardener.com/ProblemsofVirginiaCreeper.html

Sometimes the tomatoes get vermicillum wilt, you have to make sure you don't plant them in the same place each year. Lately mine never get that far, the critters get them first..

Susan

[rmekemson]

We're having the same problem with ours this year.  I do quite a bit of walking through the village and I don't recall seeing it everywhere I go.  I'm wondering if it's isolated to a specific geographic area.  I'm over between Sheepcreek and Heathcreek.

[Horse Apples]

Elmer,
I'm a bit lower, on Desert Front.
I've ruled out water, fertilizer and most of the insects but will refer to the link provided by lostkiwi.  Perhaps we should all take pictures and compare our findings ....

[sage]

My house is between Victorville and Irene.  Seems we're all on the eastern side.

[dreamcatcher]

Mine has the same symptoms you described.  Had a little bit last year in the back yard, but it's worse this year and it's in both the back yard and front yard.  I hardly give it any water it  always grows like crazy.  I'm a couple of blocks west of the school.

[rmekemson]

Gee!  It sounds like it's pretty much going through the village.

[3PinkRoses]

OH Yes..Mine is having trouble too!  I posted a few months ago about my very established plant just dying off!! Beautiful vines, hooked onto the fencing..just drying up brown and dying. It also has this whitish spotting type stuff on the leaves. I thought I may have been watering too much, but am just not sure...  Oh my, I'd hate to loose it. I am on the East side....lower east canyon area.

[sage]

Well I think I figured it out!  The whiteflies have taken over.  When I was watering yesterday I squirted off the leaves of my creeper and thousands of whiteflies flew out. I think they just depleted all the nutrients out of my poor plants. Anyone know how to get rid of them without using poison?  My dogs and that stuff don't mix.  I'm gonna keep my mouth closed and just squirt the heck out of them everyday hoping they will leave.

[storm]

i was just noticing this morning, on some street between the Methodist Camp and Park Street, some beautiful and healthy specimens climbing 3-4 pines.  really nice!  if you want to know some uses for V. Creeper:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Parthenocissus+quinquefolia

[Dr. Dstructo]

Sage,

The Whiteflies may be chased away by using a mixture of water and liquid detergent (such as Ivory) in a pump sprayer.  Mix the detergent with approximately 10 to 15 parts of water and apply to the underside of the leaves as this where the little critters like to hang out.  The best time to attack them is late in the evening or early in the morning.  If you would really like to give them the hot foot, add a fair amount of liquid Tide or Dash laundry detergent to the above mentioned mix.

Good luck and happy bug hunting.  If nothing else, you will have the cleanest bugs and plants in the neighborhood.   

[Nolena]

And who is this creep from Virginia, anyway? 

[Dr. Dstructo]

And who is this creep from Virginia, anyway? 

It's not a creep from Virgina, it is an old lady named Virgina who doesn't get around so quickly any more.   

[ezzpete]

here's mine. it's about 2 years old, from a small clipping that LasPulgas gave me.

[3PinkRoses]

WOW that's a nice one..and only two years old and from a clipping? What did you do have it be so healthy?  Mine is over 3 years old and is about 1/3rd that lush and full and tall.  Can you share your Virginia's Secret with me and the others? ps..how do get a successful Virginia Creeper clipping to grow? I've tried and failed at in every time!!

[Chesslike]

ps..how do get a successful Virginia Creeper clipping to grow? I've tried and failed at in every time!!

At Mtn. Hardware they have something called rooting powder, that should help you get your clippings off to a good start.

[ezzpete]

[Hillbillies]