Re: stump rot

I do not have a watering system, so I do not think watering the stump area
caused the problem. Actually, the plants which have this problem have
received very little water from buckets. BUT, early in the growing season,
a lot of rain was received. The pumpkins which have the problem got wet
feet as water stood for a short while around the area of the stump. That
also might explain why one of my pumpkin plants rotted off just under the
soil as it was in the wet area. By the way, that plant is still alive and
really growing. Several pumpkins have started, but they are still small at
this time.

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn.

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Cindi & Pete wrote:

> 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
> 
> ----------
> > 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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