Re: PUMPKIN PANIC !!!
- Subject: Re: PUMPKIN PANIC !!!
- From: L* R*
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:22:22 -0400
That is a first for me to hear Gregory, but I can tell you this, if it bore
itself into the pumpkin, you have a dead pumpkin on your hands within a few
days.. Vines can take open air for a bit, but the flesh of a pumpkin begins
to rot at first smell of oxygen.
Gregory Sliwka wrote:
> Help!
>
> I have a pumpkin (88.5"c, 214"OTT) that has been doing great until
> today. While patrolling my vines for squash vine borer grubs, I noticed
> one had actually bored a hole in my pumpkin. I was unable to extract the
> grub without doing major damage to the pumpkin as he bored straight in.
> I am searching for source of captan, but in the mean time I have applied
> a paste of a copper based fungicide. Am I doing the right thing? Will I
> lose this pumpkin? Will the wound heal on its own? The entry hole is
> about 1/4" in diameter. I would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.
>
> Greg "Titanic Atlantic" Sliwka
>
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