SALT DAMAGE
Salt (chloride) damaged leaf Photo credit: Peter Magarey
Look for in shoots- SODIUM CHLORIDE (NaCl)
- A salty taste in affected berries and green shoot tissue
Look for in leaves - SODIUM CHLORIDE (NaCl)
- Older leaves with darkened edges which later scorch tan and curl upwards (sodium)
- Scorching extending inward to form patches between main veins (chloride)
- Poor growth of vines and early leaf drop of older leaves first
- SODIUM CHLORIDE (NaCl)
- Salt toxicity is more common in dry irrigated areas and on own-rooted vines
- It may appear on vines between overhead sprinklers after hot and windy days.
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