Re: Crack in pumpkin
Brian,
Sorry to hear your news. I'm afraid the blossom split as you describe it,
will be fatal to your fruit. It's very hard to seal them back up after they
pop open that much.
Joe Pukos
Leicester, NY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <brian@landreville.org>
To: "Pumpkin list" <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Crack in pumpkin
> Yesterday I was celebrating because I had my fist 20 pound day on my
biggest
> fruit on the Pugh 520. It was estimated at 120 pounds. This morning I went
out
> to it and saw a 1 inch crack on the blossom end. Is this it? My first
> inclination was to caulk it with silicone for it is pretty deep. I know
the
> standard procedure is to make a past out of fungicide. Do you think it is
> probably too big? (I know you can't see it) Should I use the fungicide?
Should
> I just figure this pumpkin is done? Any advice will be appreciated. We
just
> had an inch of rain in 12 hours so this probably contributed I am
assuming.
>
> Brian in Seattle
>
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