Re: can we help this guy?

Hi Bill, nice to hear from you. Ok, I concede 15 years is a bit long. I had in mind an article I read some years back that described how these fungi can survive in the soil without a host plant for up to 15 years. Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium have no known cures despite misleading advertising. Mike stated in his opening statement that this had happened every time he had tried the giant pumpkins. Sounded plural to me, so I felt there was no need to sugar coat the problem he was facing. These diseases can be very difficult to diagnose so I recommended he have a tissue sample tested so he could make sound decision on what course of action he wanted to take. Mike did not state whether he had another field to which he move to. He certainly could try that first. I stand by my statements. Enter the key words 'Verticillium Fursarium Squash' into your favorite search engine and read a dozen or so articles and you will begin to realize the scope of the problem. I favor sites ending in .GOV and .EDU over sites with products to sell.

I would of coarse like to say that I do wish everyone the very best outcomes with their pumpkin patches and to enjoy a fruitful 2003.

Greg



Bill VanIderstine wrote:
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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