Re: Vine/Pumpkin rot
In a message dated 8/21/99 12:34:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jchastreiter@lsol.net writes:
<< Subj: Vine/Pumpkin rot
Date: 8/21/99 12:34:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: jchastreiter@lsol.net (Hastreiter)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
I recently lost my biggest pumpkin to date from rot of some sort. I had
trouble with borers on the vine it was growing on and also near the stem of
the pumpkin. Since this is my first real experience with vine borers, I
am a bit ignorant. Do borers cause the entire vine to rot and turn to mush
once they have entered the vine? If a borer burrowed into the pumpkin
through the stem, would this cause the pumpkin to rot?
I've been able to deal with all the other problems I've faced so far
this year (vine borers, cuke beetles, bacterial wilt, vandals, my own
stupidity!), because there was a reason behind the problem. But the
vine/pumpkin rot has me puzzled.
Mourning the loss of my 275# uow in Northeast Wisconsin.
Jeff Hastreiter (Hoss)
jchastreiter@lsol.net
ICQ 5329850 >>
The vine would only rot away if they severed it but then tap roots may keep
it going. If they bore deep enough into the Pumpkin it could rot. Sounds
like a decease though. See post on Kuhn's decease.
George
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