Re: Horrible brown edges on my leaves!
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Horrible brown edges on my leaves!
- From: "* b* <d*@saltspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:50:35 -0800
Sounds like sunburn to me. Have you been keeping it in your sunniest
window? Not a good idea, since the tender baby leaves burn easily.
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> From: John Failor <buckeye5@bright.net>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Horrible brown edges on my leaves!
> Date: November 17, 1997 7:08 PM
>
> >HELP
> >My 3 week old pumpkin plant is developing a nasty brown and dry edge on
> >most of the leaves. I've got a bad feeling it is some form of fungal
> >infection like gummy stem blight. the underneath of the leaves have a
> >few small white spots, but the main symptom is that the edge is dry and
> >shrivelled. A few days ago, I was overhead watering quite heavily
> >because I had just transplanted a seedling into the patch.
> >I will apply some fungicide tommorow and see how it goes. If anyone
> >thinks it may be something else, please, please help me.
> >Thanks
> >John (whose high hopes for an Australian record in his first year have
> >taken a severe battering in the past few days)
> >--
> >John McKinney
> >o*@wantree.com.au
> >http://www.wantree.com.au/~oliverm/
> >
> >
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> Sounds like it could be transplant shock. How long ago was it
> transplanted? What kind of container was it in? Did it wilt any when
first
> transplanted? Pumpkin roots are sensitive to transplanting. I think many
of
> them die from the transplanting causing some wilt and some die back of
> leaves. Usually they bounce back after they grow new roots. If your plant
> is not wilted now or doesn't wilt when in the sun it may be on its way to
> recovery.
>
> John
>
>
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