Re: [Bulk] Re: Rot Inside AGs

I had holes in the blooping trunks!!!  I didn't discover this until I pulled
everything up just before Halloween.  Steve Haberman's remedy (take a bow,
Steve) of borax healed the rot at the stem and prevented rot inside.  The hole
in the trunk of the surviving AG was the size of my thumb!  Moral to the
story:  Do not cover the trunk with dirt;  leave it bare; cover the vines with
dirt to foil squash vine borers;  when in doubt, protect the golden pipeline
from trunk to end of fruit with a tarp, hoop house, what have you to prevent
rain from drenching your plant.  My pumpkin measured around 444 in spite of
everything and made a great jack-o-lantern for a pizza shop that gives me
scraps for my compost pile.  Steve M.

--- On Tue, 12/8/09, Steve Maydan <smaydan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: Steve Maydan <smaydan@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: Rot Inside AGs
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7:22 PM

Steve,
 What did you find out? It will save some us at least that long in looking.
:)

Steve M. (another one)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Minor" <minok2014@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:00 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: Rot Inside AGs


>I just found the answer to my own question after a week and a half of
> looking.  Disregard last transmission-- Scottie, me up!!!  Steve M.
>
> --- On Tue, 9/1/09, Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Steve Minor <minok2014@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Rot Inside AGs
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 9:04 PM
>
> How does rot start inside an AG?  My last three giants all succumbed to
> rot
> and were smelly and hot inside when opened, inspite of all the care I gave
> them  Steve M.
>
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