Re: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
- Subject: Re: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
- From: S* M* <m*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:59:34 -0700 (PDT)
Shaded pumpkin, did not over-fertilize with potassium, watered every
day...what went wrong? We just had some temps in the mid-80's with high
humidity in VT. That couldn't be a factor, could it?
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com> wrote:
From: dbhaskaran@aol.com <dbhaskaran@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:11 PM
Steve,
The pumpkin can still send juices across even if you have to cut a bunch off
the stem..but you have to get all the rot out...back to good stem...then you
can paint and dry with fungicide.
The key to stopping rot...is to get the rot all out...otherwise, it will
slowly come back...or worse grow under the?dried fungicide, etc.
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Fri, Aug 21, 2009 8:01 pm
Subject: Re: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
No cracks. Soft tissue on stem, discolored, dampness (which a fan running
for
12 hours mostly cured on bigger fruit) where the vine enters the stem. Plan
B fruit has same, with hole in stem. Steve M.
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Gary Howard <hokeygar@rogers.com> wrote:
From: Gary Howard <hokeygar@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 8:33 PM
Have you tried dripping candle wax in the cracks?
Gary Howard
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From: "Steve Minor" <minok2014@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 8:23 PM
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Subject: Ready for Surgery for Stem Rot
> Bought Daconil AND chlorothalonil. Had a fan going for 12 hours today
under
> shade canopy which helped dry out most of damp area on stem. Minor
cutting,
> drying and application of one or both fungicides should save the 500
pounder.
> My plan B's stem is in worse shape, requires major surgery, and may not
make
> it. Any comments or suggestions on using both fungicides after the
surgery?
> Remember--this is only my second year growing biggies, and I don't want to
> repeat last year's failure to reach the weigh-offs. Steve M.
>
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