Re: bleeding

Andy,
     i made a post on this the other day, you might have missed it.  I've
had the same problem also, and did the same thing you did (scrape), if you
dust all that's going to happen is that the powder will absorb the
moisture, and it's going to stay wet.  I tried this last year.  What you
need to do is dry the stem.  I don't know the severity of your problem,
but, you can try putting up a small fan.  I use the kind that has a clip
attached to it (like you would use at a desk), and it's attached to a piece
of pvc in the gound.  I blow it directly on the stem, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.  I started to have this same problem this year, but since i
put the fan up, it's been dry.  It's now dry totally dry, and in all
honesty  i could probably take the fan away, but i'm not taking any
chances, it's easier to get a stem to dry in the beginning of august, then
try and get one to dry in the middle of september.  The key is to have it
blow directly on the stem.  It has to dry first before you can put anything
on it.

scott
long island








    One of my better pumpkins is bleeding heavily around the stem area.
The thing is, i haven't really watered it in about a week.  I'm scraping it
off, but it looks bad. It's at about 290 lbs. and gaining about 10 lbs/day.
It's a thick gel and leaks a bit when scraped.  Anything I can do other
than dust w/ captan?

Andy Wolf
Western NY
    One of my better pumpkins is bleeding heavily around the stem area.  The thing is, i haven't really watered it in about a week.  I'm scraping it off, but it looks bad. It's at about 290 lbs. and gaining about 10 lbs/day. It's a thick gel and leaks a bit when scraped.  Anything I can do other than dust w/ captan?
 
Andy Wolf
Western NY
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