Re: stinky split vines and yellow-blotchy leaves

Not sure about the vine -- but we had mosaic virus in our plants a few years
back, and it did result in yellow blotchy leaves, and discoloration of our
fruit... we did not get it until the fruit was just about fully mature.  And
it was brought in by the cucumber beetles... don't know if this was of any
benefit, but thought I'd share.


 



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From:
Diana Sigel <duchessofgladstone@yahoo.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent:
Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:35:06 AM
Subject: stinky split vines and
yellow-blotchy leaves

Well, I don't see my question appearing on the list, so
here goes; I'll try
again.  Yesterday I found a yellow vine which had split
and the inside was a
bright orange color, and it smelled nasty.  Several of my
plants have leaves
which are yellow-blotchy starting at the outside edges, and
some of their
vines appear kind of yellow, too.  I amputated the split portion
of the vine
back to clean with no yellow, then sprayed with strong bleach
solution.

1.  Are yellow vines normal?
2.  Was the amputation right and
necessary?
3.  Is it possible the yellow blotchy leaves are related to the
yellow stinky
vine?

I've not seen any more cucumber beetles or squash bugs
since I got a good dose
of systemic insecticide in them.  Well, one or two,
but they're always dying,
not having a good time!

Also, could these problems
be caused by too much rain or too little moisture
in the ground?  We may have
compacted the ground when it was so mucky wet a
couple of weeks ago.

Thanks
for any help

cheers,
duchess of gladstone
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