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Thanks Joe for the info, advice and encouragement! I read the
article and great job!
I have a technical question, did your vines have fairly large
holes from the hail? I'm really not sure whether I should go ahead and bury the
vine or not. Will the vine start to rot there or will the edges just heal and
there will be a hole there that won't cause problems. I did a little patch and
graft on the Cilibertos, the holes on them were looking a little mushy so I
freshened the edges and patched them with pieces of vine from another plant,
pasted over with captan and when that dries I'm planning on sealing them with
wax.
Thanks again Joe and everybody, good luck!
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From:
J*@aol.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:22
PM
Subject: 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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