Does anyone know if spotted lantern flies could cause damage to grapevines like this? We have seen several SLFs around the vineyard and are trying to figure out the cause of random vines dying.
My family has a small hobby one acre vineyard in the Great Lakes region. We are on year 5 of these vines and are experiencing random vines wilting and drying up after successfully budding. We have had a cooler spring/summer than normal and haven’t found any disease, but we also aren’t super well versed in grapevine diseases. It just seems odd that it’s random vines in a row instead of affecting an entire row or variety? We’ve never had issues before and we also had a successful harvest last year (small batch).
If anyone has any insight or has experienced something similar please let me know! We’re wondering if it’s weather related and some vines weren’t as strong, or if it could be from harvesting grapes too early last year and the vines didn’t have enough reserves for this season?