Ready to give up... brown spots on leaves
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- Subject: Ready to give up... brown spots on leaves
- From: H*
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 08:39:56 -0400
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That's it. I'm ready to give up. Despite all the advantages this year
held for me (excellent seeds, a bigger patch, lots of rain, sunny
afternoons and cool mornings) I have had nothing but bad luck...
-only 2 of the 20 seeds I started germinated
-had very slow initial growth, very slow to vine
-very late female flowers
-lots of cuc beetles and squash bugs
-poor pollination rate
and now, AND NOW, I have small brown spots on the leaves -- after a few
days, the brown spots turn white and dry out as if holes are being burnt
through the leaves. I noticed it on my pollinating plant and then,
while I was wondering what to do about for a day or so, it began showing
up on my main plant. I'm ready to pull up the pollinator today and
wonder if I should pull out my main plant too... just call it quits for
the season. Maybe it's not too late to plant some peas or radishes or
something....
Randy Banderob
in despair
in Millbrook, Ontario
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