Re: hail, wind

Amy,
Things sound bad for you, but don't give up hope. My patch in 1999 suffered
catastrophic damage from a hail and high winds. The leaves and vines were
shredded with very little left standing.  If you want to take a peak at what
things looked like, go to: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/commune/featpic3.htm
Bob Matthews did a very nice story about the damage and how the plants
bounced back. I put on some nitrogen in an effort to get my vines and leaves
to regenerate and that worked very well.  Sounds like you may not have to do
that, as long as your vines still have tips, that's great news!  I think if
you continue doing what you are with the fungicides and kelp, everything will
turn out well for you. In a couple of weeks, everything will be looking a lot
better. Best of luck the rest of the way and let us know how things turn out!
Joe Pukos
Leicester, NY


Hello list,
   My plants have a lot of damage from a bad storm. I know that people have
grown good size pumpkins on plants with hail damage but I'll try to explain
the condition of my plants. All vines have holes in them about the size of
nickles, leaves are shredded. The storm occured last Wed. night. The vines
that didn't lose the tips are growing, and the leaves are green even with 4"
of rain, shredded but green. I can't even find secondaries without holes.
This is what I've done so far, Ive sprayed with seaweed and fungicide, and
plant to bury the vines as if there there are no holes. Is there anything
else I should do? any stories or info would be appreciated. oh, and the vines
that are growing with holes in them, is it possible they will live? If I
chopped them all off I wouldn't have any left. When  I first looked at them I
thought a couple of them were intact vines, not so, all have holes.
Thanks
Amy
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