re:Would a butterfly bandage help a cracked stem?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: re:Would a butterfly bandage help a cracked stem?
- From: "* P* M* <t*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 14:14:54 PDT
bandaids will not do anything but some paste should keep it bacteria free
and moving it back may prevent future cracking
>From: Matthew Isom <rodents@uswest.net>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: re:Would a butterfly bandage help a cracked stem?
>Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 12:10:17 -0600
>
>Well, stupid me, I moved my 84" pumpkin about an inch today to give it
>more room to expand next to the vine and I heard that CRACKing sound
>that brings chills to the spine of a novice grower. I though that it
>had broken clean off, but only a small crack on one side of the stem
>(who knows how deep it goes inside, though). Good thing this pumpkin
>wasn't on track to break 800# or so or I might have done something
>drastic.
>IT IS the biggest pumpkin I've got though, and I'm wondering if anything
>can be done. Although it sounds kind of stupid, I wonder if a couple of
>butterfly bandages might help keep it from cracking further. What do
>you all recommend? Should I move that pumpkin back to where it was so
>that there isn't any stress on it? Should I just put some Captan paste
>on there and hope for the best?
>
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