ants & Spiders and fruit aborts
- Subject: ants & Spiders and fruit aborts
- From: &* A* T* <h*@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:46:50 -0400
Can anyone tell this first year grower how I might recognize if my fruit is
or has aborted?
2ndly- just how detrimental are spiders to the pumpkin? I have seen a few
spiders weaving their webs of inequities at the base of my Giant and it
seems she has woven an entire cloth around the base. I covered it with fresh
dirt until someone could further guide me with this. I had put an Ortho
product at the base for slugs but it did not bother the spider. I do not
know if this matters- I had hay around the base where the opening of the
black plastic was because I had a 4x4 sheet covering the mound and
transplanted the bouncing baby Giant into a hole I cut in the center and
placed a very big clear plastic jug over the top to protect it from the 3
frosts we had. Sometime around mid June I removed the plastic and placed
flat rocks all around the mound so that the vines would not touch the ground
and I sort of used them to guide the vines in the direction I wished. It is
between the rocks that I noticed the fuzz and I was moving them away from
the base periodically to give room for the stem to grow. I first thought I
had a mold problem but it feels silky and I do see spiders. Any help will be
greatly appreciated- Thanks so much
Bridgette at I-Tang-O farms
www.i-tang-o.com
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