I don’t think we’ve had a freeze in the last month; plus, these are hardy, eh? Maybe only when dormant. I have two females and a male, all just in their second year with me; all three have these brown-turning-to-black leaves. It reminds me of frost damage on grapes. I see nothing like this on web searches. Does this look familiar to anyone?
Could be. Once they leaf out they are very tender. I have a couple of females and a male. I know last year they got burnt badly with a 30F ish in mid May. Everything grew back and they continued to take over my yard.
I have two female and one male.This is the third year since they were planted my yard. We had 24F this year and damaged the small leaves. After that, they still grow crazily. But I wonder if they still can bear some fruits this year.
Well, this is good to know…very tough when dormant; not so much with little leaves. I think they also respond poorly to not having something to climb on. Last year, my first year with them, branches would grow well until they arced over and headed back down; then they would stop growing. I need to get a trellis up…I want them to crazily take over a big trellis. I hope we all get fruit…thanks!
(Photo is not my yard…too bad.)
