Re: make a paste?
In a message dated 8/31/99 9:13:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES5.bankofny.com writes:
<< Subj: make a paste?
Date: 8/31/99 9:13:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES5.bankofny.com
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
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To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Hi Al, I hope all is well in your patch. I'm sure you're busy, so i'll be
quick. I have a nice one growing in my patch this year. And much like
last year, i'm experiencing some stem, i guess you would call it "decay".
I happened earlier in the season, and i dried it with a fan. I kept
touching it so it ended up making a depression the shape of my finger tip
in the stem. Anyway, within the past, i would say 3 weeks, i was doing a
circumference measurement and the tape made a slight gash in the stem, the
fan was still on at the time, so i didn't really worry. Then we had 5" of
rain, and apparantly hit a growth spurt. The stem didn't split, but the
gash got moist. I adjusted the fan and that now appears to be dry. My
question is this. In both places where i experienced some minor rot that i
dried, the stem there seems to be dry and brittle, the rest of the stem
appears to be normal. Sometimes i get a little liquid coming out of some
hairline cracks, but they quickly dry. Should i (a) leave the fan blowing
on the stem. (b) apply some dry fungicide powder so as not to introduce any
moisture to the sensitive area or (c) make a paste? Any advice you could
give would be greatly appreciated.
thank you,
scott armstrong
long island ny >>
It's getting close to harvest I would only use powdered sulfur, it is much
less toxic. Keep it dusted and remove any soft material periodically.
George Brooks
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