Re: can we help this guy?

If your plant is already showing signs of infection, take a tissue section to a lab and have it analyzed. Most likely you are dealing with a fungus such as Fusarium or Phytophthora. If so you should give up pumpkin growing for 15 years or move to another plot of land. You can fumigate your soil but you will most likely just reintroduce the fungus from the surrounding soil or from tools or from other plants in your garden that are infected by resistant. Never allow cut surfaces of your plant to come in contact with the soil. Never compost infected plants as the fungal spores (seeds) will survive the composting process and then infect the soil over again. There is lots of information on the internet regarding these plant disease. Be very weary of any product claiming to control Fusarium. Atlantic Giant Pumpkins seem to have little or no resistance to many common plant insects and diseases. You may try more common field pumpkins that are resistant, but none of these will offer the size of AG. Sorry to paint such a dim view but that is the way it is. Good luck.

Greg Schraiber



GardeningExpress wrote:
can we help this guy?


----- Original Message -----
From: Hzany55@aol.com
To: Chris@gardeningexpress.co.uk
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: what i think is stump rot


  every year i grow the giants, my plant about the time of the onset of fruit
the main stump looks as though it is begining to rot, and seaps yellow green
mush, this ends my season, as all fruit aborts, the same as time goes on, the
stem begins to do the same. i water on a regular patern, not to mutch, and
fertalize, about every 7-10 days. how do i provent this from accuring this
2003 season.
   In desparity i cry out, lol!     thank for the help , if you have some....
mike

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