Re: Aussie update
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Aussie update
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:57:04 -0300
Tony, white flies suck the juices from leaves plus you nuked the leaves too
I would imagine the plant is staggering and will out grow the problem.....I
have had plants whose leaves were all wrinkled and shriveled and still get
back on the track.....Good Luck
>Hello fellow pumpkin nuts.
>
>Here in South Australia things aren't going as planned.
>My 1006 and my 990 are both mutated. None of the leaves
>have formed properly. I don't know if it's a virus or what it is.
>I guess I;ll just have to wait and see what happens.
>I did spray them with Pyrethrum when they were small to kill
>the white flies. Then I read the instuctions which said not to spray
>young seedlings, Would that have done it?
>The fungus infection seems to be under control but the white flies
>are always around.
>I think I have two options.
>One would be to see if the plants will eventually come good.
>Two. I can get another plant from a mate.
>Now should I pull out my plants and start again with a plant of
>unknown parentage?
>I have other good seeds but it's too late now to plant them.
>I supose if I put the new plant in the patch it will get the same problem.
>I do have other small/normal pumpkins growing and they seem to be OK.
>So maybe the white flies aren't spreading some virus.
>Too many if's and but's in this game, I'm confused.
>I will be on holidays soon, maybe they will sort out their own problems
>by the time I get back...........I can only hope.
>
>Tony H
>
>
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