RE: No Luck

Carol,

Are the leaf stalks an ugly orange color where they break off? If so I would
suspect Fusarium which is not easily controlled using a conventional
fungicide program.

I am currently engaged in a "top secret" Fusarium control program but won't
have results for about a year. LOL

If you can email some digital pictures perhaps we can fine tune the
diagnosis as there are other possible demons at work here.

Steve

Stephen Jepsen
CT Giant Squash & Pumpkin Growers Assoc, Pres.
ctpumpkin@optonline.net
 
www.ctpumpkin.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
CaClear
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:35 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: No Luck

This is my first year trying to grow a big pumpkin.  I am having no luck 
what so ever.  I started three seeds in my greenhouse; one came up 
(Bubbles - 487 Zunino 2004).   I felt good about that one, it just 
seemed to jump out of the ground.  I got it planted out in a plot I had 
tilled well rotted manure into.  All seemed well, then the large leaves 
seemed to fall over and break off.  Soon I had no leaves on the first 10 
feet of the vine.  I have been burying the vines and have about 20 feet 
of main vine and maybe 8 - 10 feet of side vines.  The new leaves that 
are coming on are small, about the size of salad plates, and they do not 
seem to open all the way, just stay sort of cupped. There have been no 
blossoms at all.   I keep the patch watered well, and have seen no 
evidence of insect problems.  I water in the early morning and do not 
water in the heat of the day.  Now the main stem seems to be splitting 
open about 6  feet from where it is planted.  I live in Oregon and our 
weather has been up and down, hot then cool, wet then real dry.  We have 
just had several days of 100+ degree weather.  I feel like a real 
failure and have no idea what to do.  Maybe write this year off and try 
again next year?
Thanks for listening to my tale of woe.
Carol

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