Re: What is this wound?

Mark,
I had a similar looking spot a few years ago. I was using a white piece of cloth to cover a young fruit. The cloth had one dark spot it, that I did not even give a second thought about. During a 90 + degree day, the sun basically cooked the outer skin on the fruit right under that dark area. The cooked area was about 1 inch in diameter and stayed a shining indented white dot right up until fall. I was a little embarrassed having to explain how it got there (lol!), but as the fruit grew, it was never a problem other than cosmetic.
Joe Pukos
Leicester, NY USA


----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark K." <korney19@verizon.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: What is this wound?


This first appeared as a depression and then the next day or two later looked
something like this. The pic was taken half in the shade, half bright light.
You can see the depth of it, about 1/4" or more. It was brighter yellow the
first day or 2. It's now about 1" x almost 3" and I haven't treated it with
anything--it looks like an open wound but it's not really. It's on the top
surface and the pumpkin is shaded with a pvc frame with 6 mil brown plastic.
I
thought maybe I sprayed something and it puddled but that can't be it, and no
animals, bites, scratches, bumps, gouges, etc.

http://mysite.verizon.net/~korney19/08070502.jpg

Thanks.

Mark

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