Re: Soft is not good... right?
Jetta,
Soft is not good, but, hard to say.
Take a look at the information at the link below.
(you will need adobe acrobat reader to view it)
http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/BP/BP-17/BP-17.pdf
Greg Schraiber
(The Doofus of Pumpkin Growers)
Jetta Earhart wrote:
> About 2 weeks ago I trimmed my vines and have had some interesting
> results... The largest my Burpee Prizewinner that was at 51" quit growing
> but several small pumpkins on other vines have really taken off and have
> now surpassed it. Everything seemed fine yesterday but today I noticed
> that the smallest, about basketball size, seemed to have blemishes in the
> skin - almost looked like the orange color had pealed off and left ivory
> flakes in it place - but the skin was smooth, just discolored. The
> pumpkin seemed "soft", not really mushy, but not firm either. Earlier in
> the season I had one that wasn't developing too fast and seemed soft also.
> It too was culled immediately. Other than that everything seems fine - no
> signs of bugs, {except the good kind - praying mantis & ladybugs} or of any
> mildew or wilt. I suppose I should go ahead and pull the vine that the
> soft one was on out too - any ideas as to the cause or what I may want to
> do different would be appreciated. Also will it hurt to leave the one
> that appears to have quit growing on the vine in hopes that it may start
> again? Thanks, Jetta {first time grower from VA}
>
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