Re: Crack in pumpkin
There are few smells worse then rotten pumpkin sludge. Thanks for the
advice.
Brian in Seattle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Plourde" <RichardPlourde@rogers.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Crack in pumpkin
> Brian.
>
> From my experience last year... If she split to the core, compost it
> now! Last year I added much fungicide and insecticide to the inside.
> It looked fine and even kept growing (althought slow), when we lifted
> it we got flooded by pumpkin slush from the bottom... and it smelled
> bad!!
>
> Richard in New-Brunswick Canada
>
> Le 04-08-09, ` 14:55, Brian a icrit :
>
> > My split is now huge, though the fruit grew 10 pounds yesterday. It is
> > an
> > interesting shape and I would like to save it. Is there any way to
> > keep it
> > from rotting till Halloween?
> >
> > Brian in Seattle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian" <brian@landreville.org>
> > To: "Pumpkin list" <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Crack in pumpkin
> >
> >
> >> Thanks for all the advice. The crack goes all the way through to the
> > cavity
> >> inside. I have 3 more going that are in the 30-50 pound range right
> >> now
> >> that are farther along then this last one was a week ago. There are
> >> also
> >> many softball to volleyball size ones I will eventually cull, so I am
> > doing
> >> OK. This one that cracked looked like a wheel of cheese. It was very
> >> wide
> >> and flat with very defined ribs. The blossom end is very concave too,
> >> I
> >> don't know if this shape really would have been very practical. I had
> >> to
> >> keep it propped up with foam packing to keep it from falling on its
> >> stem.
> > As
> >> it grew this was harder to do. So hopefully a few more of mine will
> >> make
> > it
> >> on my two plants. I know I won't have any problem beating my 162 pound
> > fruit
> >> of last year.
> >>
> >> Brian in Seattle
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Steve Green" <MastaGardener@aol.com>
> >> To: "Brian" <brian@landreville.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 4:44 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Crack in pumpkin
> >>
> >>
> >>> Brian
> >>>
> >>> Sorry to hear about your fruit. How deep is it really? 1 inch long,
> >>> or
> >>> 1 inch deep? I've had some that freaked me out this year the first
> >>> time
> >>> I saw them, but so far they are turning out to be okay. The only
> >>> thing
> >>> I did was put some aloe in the cracks. Fresh is best, but the Banana
> >>> Boat bottle of it I have has been working. If it is any deeper than
> >>> a
> >>> 1/4 inch, I would suggest using some sort of fungicide too. The
> >>> aloe,
> >>> just like on human skin helps it heal. The aloe may work for you,
> >>> but
> >>> it is best used on smaller cracks to prevent them from getting any
> >>> larger. I think it's worth a shot. Try to pollinate something else
> >>> as
> >>> well even though it is a little on the later side. That way you'll
> >>> have
> >>> something going if the pumpkin doesn't hold. Good Luck!
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>> Brian wrote on 8/7/2004, 1:33 PM:
> >>>
> >>>> 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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