Re: can we help this guy?

Greg: Is it really that serious, that you have to leave the sport for 15 
years, I don't think so, but that is from
a uneducated grower, these AG's are fun, not life or death & I believe you 
are being over responsive ????
I would suggest he keep trying as not all of us has made it in the first 
few years. Just the opinion from here.
                                                                                 Bill 
Van
                                                                                 Grower 
of 945-862-770
                                                                                                                                            751-695.8 
+ others of lesser
                                                                                         weight

  Hzany55@aol.com   Don't give up yet, the season is young.




At 01:25 PM 6/30/03, you wrote:
>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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