Re: Pumpkin coloring
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Pumpkin coloring
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:50:04 PDT
vine has plenty of slack, the stem split is old, and the color change is in
spots all over the pumpkin.
>From: Robert Troy <rptroy@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Pumpkin coloring
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:22:16 -0700
>
>Is the color change just in the area of the stem or on other parts of the
>Pumpkin as well ?
>
>Does the vine have enough slack in it ? Make sure it has plenty of slack,
>cut
>any leaves or side vines if necessary. Support the weight of the vine with
>bricks, wood or styrofoam blocks ASAP.
>
>Bob T.
>
>The Pumpkin Master wrote:
>
> > I have recently had a stem split this year and I know that I want to
>dry
> > it out. I of course used a fungicide that I made into a paste. My
> > fungicide is copper sulfate. It is blue. My stem split is right where
>the
> > stem goes into the pumpkin, and the split is about 2 inches deep into
>the
> > flesh. As the pumpkin grows the split opens a little more. I am not
> > worried about rot but I have used the fungicide like putty to keep the
>whole
> > filled. Could this cause the pumpkin to change to a bluish green in
>spots?
> > That is the color a lot of my skin is turning on the pumpkin.
> >
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