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Re: Chris Andersen????

Chris,
I use a hand pump duster for applying sevin. Looks like a bicycle pump with
a small canister attached to it. Works great.

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> From: ANDERSEN.CHRISTIAN_D@SEATTLE.VA.GOV
> To: pumpkins@ATHENET.NET
> Subject: Chris Andersen????
> Date: Friday, August 01, 1997 8:00 PM
> 
> Thank you to all who broke me out of cyberspace.  It is rather funny, but
> I have been on the recieving end of this mailing list for a long time but
> my mail was going to the wrong address.
>  
> I am not the Chris Andersen from Morago, Ca. but yet another pumpkin head
> from Seattle.  I probably have 3months of ?'s to ask but I'll start with
> just a few.  I am growing just one AG this year, and it seems to be doing
> great, although I'm still pollinating (a little behind)
> My biggest problem is always powdery mildew, and the little black aphids
> that take residence on the underside of leaves, and eventually destroy
the
> leaf.  Can anyone recommend what to do about both?  I have heard that
this
> type of mildew is caused from dry soil, I would have thought the
opposite.
> I have been using Sevin on the leaves for the aphids with good result,
but
> I am applying it from a spice jar.  how do you apply a dust pesticide?
>  
> I just love this mailing list.  You pumpkin people are GREAT!!
>  
>                                Thanks,
>  
>                                Chris Andersen
>                                Seattle
> P.S. Shellie,
> How can I find out about the
> PNW growers group?
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