Re: Ready to give up... brown spots on leaves
Randy relax ....it only takes one good plant and one nice one on
it........if I can make some time this week maybe I will come over and see
things......keep the chin up.......wayne
P.S. did you spray fungicide from the start, our wet spring didn't help.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Hughes-Banderob <hughes.banderob@sympatico.ca>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 9:09 AM
Subject: Ready to give up... brown spots on leaves
>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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