Re: Plant Viruses

Waynni:

Thanks for the info. Met with Dr. Ferrer again at the field this AM. I
expressed my desire to pull the hybrid patch and haul away the diseased
vegetation to the dump. He thought this was an excellent idea. I will water
the garden, then pull the hybrid patch and leave. 

I did notice a few buds and tertiary vine growth with the blotchy darker green
welts. I did some vine trimming a week ago, and have seen no more evidence of
the virus on AGs. 

Have to act now, to avoid compromising the entire field.

Since I have been watering the AGs with an ag pump fitted with 175 ft of 2"
output hose, I have noticed a tremendous improvement in the plants and the
presence of female flowers.

My Andersen 977 has still to produce a female flower. Drat. All is not lost,
after all, I have used the males to father many other babies in the field
right now.

I discovered a self pollinated female on a secondary vine about three feet
from the stump of the Eaton 739. What a horrible location for a pumpkin, but a
good position to the vine and good vine growth. I don't know how that female
got past my watchful eye.

The 4-H kids were so enthralled with the nice fruit on the Andersen 634, that
they manhandled it, patting it and holding it to measure circumference all the
way around, NOT using the chart and diagrams as I had provided. Result? One
rotten pumpkin from fungus.

The largest pumpkin I have is on the Baird 762, and it's total measurement in
inches is 217.5,  according to the chart, roughly 215 lbs. It developed a sag
line across the top early last week, which has become more and more
pronounced. The fruit continues to grow, despite the sag line and a few
minute, shallow skin fissures that have appeared between the shoulder of the
pumpkin and the stem. Should I be treating these tiny cracks with fungicide?
They appear to be healed. Not deep, very superficial. 

I have some very handsome Rouge Vif D'etampes Cinderella pumpkins maturing off
next week. I would highly recommend growing these for fun, as they are
prolific and grow a handsome fruits good for cooking and decoration. They set
fruits on 6-8" stems, which is so unusual compared to AGs.

Thanks again for the info on mosaic. Like you were tired after pulling
plastic, so will I after pulling these vines. There must be 500 plants to pull
in that patch.

Adios for now~!

Barbi



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