Re: What is this "wound?"
Check my diary on big pumpkins for a similar incident
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=39120
Didn't hurt a thing - shade cloth burn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark K." <korney19@verizon.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:04 PM
Subject: RE: What is this "wound?"
> Vince, thanks for your suggestion. BUT it seems dry and never seemed wet
or
> soft. Lookswise, it reminds me of a sci-fi or horror movie, like when
layers
> of skin are falling/eaten off... Maybe like the acid bath scene. Or like a
> blister with the skin removed but still not healed. It never looked like
it
> was leaking anything, never wet/pussey/frothy, never seemed soft.
>
> Should I still wash it with a bleach solution or apply a dusting of Captan
or
> brush on some Daconil, or let it be? Should I uncover it? I wonder if the
sun
> shone thru a crevice or seam in the shade cover and acted like a
magnifying
> glass or something...
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of
> vince
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:39 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: What is this "wound?"
>
>
> I'm not sure what that is but it doesn't look good. I would
> wash the area with a 10% solution of bleach and then give it
> some full sun until it dries out completely.....
>
> vince
>
> --- "Mark K." <korney19@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > 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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