Re: stump rot

Hello George,
	We have suffered this "stump rot" condition many times over the years. In
fact, two of our plants had it this year. We sent one of the stumps to the
Univerisity of Cal at Davis for inspection and diagnosis. No Fungus was
found. We think that overhead watering causes the vines or stumps to get a
split, which then lets soil into the wound and then???Rot, fermentation and
death.....we have never been able to save one of these rotted plants
before. We are looking for a way to change our watering program. At this
point we are covering the main stump with a plastic cover while watering
overhead. Our remaining two plants have not had this rotting condition
using the stump covering method. Good luck, cindi and pete glasier

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> From: George Heyne <gheyne@midas.millcomm.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: stump rot
> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 8:01 PM
> 
> I have had the same problem on several of my plants, but I do not know
> what the problem is. I discovered the rotting and leakage before it got
> too bad and applied Captan. It has slowed the rotting on all the
pumpkins, 
> but not completely on some pumpkin plants. The rotting usually occurs in
> the first foot of the vine.
> 
> George Heyne
> Rochester, Mn.
>  
> 
> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 carlson@sanasys.com wrote:
> 
> > Hello, I have a problem with the main stump of my pumpkin plant rotting
> > at about this time every year.  No borers, I spray religiously, just a
> > vine that gets soft and rots off.  Anyone else have this problem?  Any
> > remedies?  Dan Carlson
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