RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #58

 I agree Bart, SVB. They are the spawn of Satin. Hit the rest of your plants
with Triazicide Richard. If you can prevent them from invasion from the
start it is best. When the season is over, burn your vines to prevent any
larvae from burrowing in your patch for the winter.
As far as yellowing, I think you and I were overfertilizing. SVB will
usually just cause wilting of a normally healthy looking plant. I cut back
on the N and my girls greened right back up.
Good luck Richard, spray the rest of your patch until August.


Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Bart Toftness
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:28 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #58

Sounds like the squash vine bore moth  (SVB).  What your finding is the
larva.  The moth lays single eggs on the vines which hatch and bore into the
vines where they destroy the insides and cause that vine to fail. 
Sevin won't do much for them.  The brown/orange stuff you see on the vine is
frass.  It's their waste.  It is at the entry hole so there will be a larva
in the vine near by.  You can slice the vine open and remove them but its
better to prevent the entry first.  Look for Triazicide
(sp) which can be found at Lowe's.  Spray the vines to kill the svb moth
before they lay the eggs.  It should also work for the squash bugs (aka
stink bugs) which lay groups of reddish brown eggs on the under sides of the
leaves.

Bart

Richard Briggs wrote:
> Hi Again,
> 
> Thanks for the thoughts Steve. I looked on the internet and didn't 
> really see any pictures that looked like what is going on with my 
> pumkins BUT I was out pruning and discovered some type of worm in one 
> of the stems. Looks like it leaves the same gunk that corn worms leave 
> on corn so I Sevin-ed them up really good. Hope that works. It's just 
> that it rained a few hours later and I may need to re-apply.
> That brings up the question- What's you all's favorite pumkin pesticied??
> Sevin- Malathione??     I'd love to hear personal experiences from any and
all
> growers.
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich Briggs in St. Louis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:01:04 -0400
>> From: pumpkins-owner@hort.net
>> To: pumpkins-digest@hort.net
>> Subject: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #58
>>
>>
>> pumpkins DIGEST        Saturday, July 11 2009        Volume 01 : Number
058
>>
>>
>>
>> In this issue:
>>
>>         RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #57
>>         RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #57
>>
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>> -
>>
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:04:08 -0500
>> From: Richard Briggs <briggsrichard@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #57
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Little problem- I've got a couple of plants getting yellow at the 
>> main vine and the yellow is spreading out from the innermost leaves 
>> ->outward. Then
> the
>> outer vines get healthy green looking again after a few feet. Am I 
>> over watering? Getting a fungus? I don't see any insects. The 
>> affected leaves
> get
>> yellow, then brown around the edges and finally look like they might die.
> Wish
>> I could include a picture.
>>
>> I have culled a bunch of prospects on secondaries and I'm thinking of
> pruning
>> all the secondaries back to 5-6 feet long. Is that okay? Any longer 
>> or
> shorter
>> on secondaries in your opinions????
>>
>>  How much vine should I let grow beyond a pumpkin? Is it okay to cull 
>> all
> but
>> the end ones so there is more main vine to nourish the pumpkin, Or 
>> should I let a length of vine grow beyond a good prospect??
>>
>> Thanks for the advice folks. I just hope I didn't cull too many already.
> I've
>> got 10 plants and have taken off about 15 "punklets."
>>
>> Any advice is truly appreciated.
>>
>> Rich Briggs in St. Louis
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:40:28 -0400
>> From: "Steve Haberman" <shaberman@insmgt.com>
>> Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #57
>>
>> I have the exact same thing going on. I cut back on the N hoping I 
>> just overfertilized. I watered a lot and it seems to be helping.
>>
>> Steve Haberman
>>
>>
>> - -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
>> Behalf Of Richard Briggs
>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:04 AM
>> To: pumpkin
>> Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #57
>>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> Little problem- I've got a couple of plants getting yellow at the 
>> main vine and the yellow is spreading out from the innermost leaves 
>> ->outward. Then the outer vines get healthy green looking again after 
>> a few feet. Am I over watering? Getting a fungus? I don't see any 
>> insects. The affected leaves
> get
>> yellow, then brown around the edges and finally look like they might die.
>> Wish I could include a picture.
>>
>> I have culled a bunch of prospects on secondaries and I'm thinking of 
>> pruning all the secondaries back to 5-6 feet long. Is that okay? Any 
>> longer or shorter on secondaries in your opinions????
>>
>>  How much vine should I let grow beyond a pumpkin? Is it okay to cull 
>> all but the end ones so there is more main vine to nourish the 
>> pumpkin, Or should I let a length of vine grow beyond a good prospect??
>>
>> Thanks for the advice folks. I just hope I didn't cull too many already.
>> I've got 10 plants and have taken off about 15 "punklets."
>>
>> Any advice is truly appreciated.
>>
>> Rich Briggs in St. Louis
>>
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